Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am planning on a review of SUSI but I will see if we can expedite that based on the point Deputy Cairns made and I will write to her directly on it. The Deputy asked if the colleges know about the extra places, which is an important point. We went out to them. Of the 1,250 additional places, which is approximately a 3% increase, we identified 363 in health and education, where we asked if they could take on an extra student. The other 900 places will be divided up and given to each higher education institution based on the latest year's undergraduate intake. We will ask them to allocate them against their high-demand courses, so it is bottom-up. I will write to the Deputy on the rest.

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