Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2022
571. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of the total full-time undergraduate student body in receipt of SUSI support since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Student Grant Scheme is the principal support for students in financial terms by my Department. It provides grant assistance to eligible students attending approved full-time courses in approved further or higher educational institutions who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria of the relevant scheme. It is a demand led scheme, with issues such as demographics playing a role in the amount of grantees in any one year.
The Scheme is administered since 2012 on behalf of the Department by the national student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a business unit of CDETB.
The following link gives the percentage of the total full-time undergraduate student’s body in receipt of grant support since the academic year 2011/12 - 2020/21. Please note that as SUSI was established in 2012/13, there was an initial period where both SUSI and local authorities were processing grants.
