Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion
12:05 pm
Mr. Keith Moynes:
The institutions that get SUSI grants are primarily in the public system. There are some legacy institutions that received grants before. It is fundamentally a policy question about the scope of where we want to apply the resources. There is a constant challenge in that the private sector does a very good job in higher education. In a constrained resource environment do we focus on the public sector institutions or do we broaden it out? It is fundamentally a question of policy. I would be misleading the Deputy if I said there were plans to expand it out. Ultimately it is a policy question.