Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
1308. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applications that were made for the SUSI grant for the 2020-2021 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those applications that were successful. [41366/21]
View answerThe principal support provided by my Department in financial terms is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means.
The scheme is demand led and as such the numbers applying each year can change for reasons such as demographics, employment rates etc. The applications by county for the SUSI grant for the 2020/21 academic year and details of successful are in the attached table in tabular form.
