Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 July 2022
415. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated number of students that would be affected by changing the SUSI adjacency rates from 30 km to 25km, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38634/22]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware I have already made improvements to the non-adjacent distance criteria in Budget 2022 for the 2022/23 academic year, reducing the criteria from 45km to 30km to support students who must travel long-distances to their place of education.
The table below sets out the estimated number of students that would be affected by changing the SUSI distance criteria from 30km to 25km, based on paid student numbers for the academic year 2021/22 to date.
|
Home to College Distance in Km |
Total |
|
25 |
476 |
|
26 |
454 |
|
27 |
445 |
|
28 |
465 |
|
29 |
414 |
|
Total |
2,254 |
