The 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 below in tabular form.
Number of SUSI Applications and their current status for 2020-21 by Home Address County. Data as of 01 July 2022.
Home Address County
|
Awarded
|
Cancelled
|
Refused
|
Total
|
Carlow
|
1,205
|
52
|
237
|
1,494
|
Cavan
|
1,565
|
47
|
376
|
1,988
|
Clare
|
2,256
|
79
|
553
|
2,888
|
Cork
|
8,161
|
312
|
1,905
|
10,378
|
Donegal
|
3,885
|
93
|
628
|
4,606
|
Dublin
|
15,913
|
736
|
4,367
|
21,016
|
Galway
|
4,793
|
255
|
1,186
|
6,234
|
Kerry
|
2,858
|
106
|
623
|
3,587
|
Kildare
|
3,322
|
113
|
892
|
4,327
|
Kilkenny
|
1,797
|
48
|
397
|
2,242
|
Laois
|
1,644
|
61
|
410
|
2,115
|
Leitrim
|
751
|
37
|
131
|
919
|
Limerick
|
3,320
|
153
|
750
|
4,223
|
Longford
|
902
|
25
|
166
|
1,093
|
Louth
|
2,865
|
104
|
660
|
3,629
|
Mayo
|
2,842
|
101
|
543
|
3,486
|
Meath
|
3,134
|
106
|
775
|
4,015
|
Monaghan
|
1,303
|
44
|
250
|
1,597
|
Offaly
|
1,556
|
52
|
291
|
1,899
|
Roscommon
|
1,339
|
33
|
252
|
1,624
|
Sligo
|
1,279
|
48
|
312
|
1,639
|
Tipperary
|
2,852
|
104
|
576
|
3,532
|
Waterford
|
2,391
|
93
|
447
|
2,931
|
Westmeath
|
1,797
|
74
|
387
|
2,258
|
Wexford
|
2,966
|
75
|
573
|
3,614
|
Wicklow
|
2,048
|
60
|
538
|
2,646
|
Out of State
|
531
|
87
|
346
|
964
|
Grand Total
|
79,275
|
3,098
|
18,571
|
100,944
|