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.