Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017
305. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of third level grants in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the minimum and maximum grant awarded respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35679/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe data provided in the following table is in respect of students who are awarded a grant from SUSI the centralised grant awarding authority, which was established in 2012. It does not encompass data relating to the 66 awarding authorities who have continued to process renewal applications on a transistionary basis, as their data is not collated in the format requested by the Deputy.
The following table provides a breakdown of the number of students in receipt of a third level grant for each of the academic years 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and awarded to date for 2017/18 in the categories requested by the Deputy.
The data in the table has been supplied to my Department by SUSI.
|
Academic Year |
Minimum Grant |
Maximum Grant |
Total number of students in receipt of a Grant |
|
2014/15 |
€305 |
€8,915 |
73,039 |
|
2015/16 |
€305 |
€8,915 |
79,738 |
|
2016/17 |
€305 |
€8,915 |
78,456 |
|
2017/18 to date |
€305 |
€8,915 |
45,616 |
*This includes maximum maintenance grant of €5,915 and maximum fee grant of €6,270 which includes €3,000 Student Contribution.
** It is anticipated that approximately 80,000 students will be receipt of a grant for 2017/18.
