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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Sorca Clarke: My second question is that an issue emerged last year in my own constituency to do with a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, applicant who was renting a room, was therefore not a tenant, was not a licensed holder, and could not provide SUSI with a tenancy agreement. Can the Minister give a commitment that greater clarification will be provided to SUSI because that applicant and grant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (23 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...while they await a final decision on their application. DFHERIS has overall responsibility for the operation of the Scheme and the Scheme is administered by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) on their behalf.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: 679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the SUSI grant scheme to recipients of the back-to-work education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: I agree with the Deputy on both issues and I will look at that widows and widowers issue. I want to look more comprehensively at an overhaul of SUSI to make sure the thresholds are right, that it is supporting people and families across the country and that it is agile enough to understand that people learn in different ways. That is why the part-time change is an important one. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Harris: ...fact that students in Northern Ireland pay much higher fees than students here. A registration fee in Ireland is €3,000 and we have reduced it for two years in a row to €2,000, in addition to SUSI support, student grants and the likes. In Northern Ireland, people pay many multiples of that and many avail of student loans and the like. What I want to do, and I am working...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports are available for part-time students; if he will expand on the eligibility criteria for the scheduled SUSI grant scheme due to be implemented in September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1718/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: 1820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the SUSI grant scheme to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56648/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Jackie Cahill: 1833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the nature of documents previously accepted by SUSI as proof of estrangement or irreconcilable estrange of an applicant from their parents, for the purposes of assessing the means of a grant application; the number of cases between 2018 and 2023 that included a letter from a social workers, a court order, evidence from An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ..., residency, previous academic attainment and means. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. Irish students who choose to study in Northern Ireland are, per the Memorandum of Understanding on Education in the Common Travel Area,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal of a higher education grant by SUSI in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (12 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: ...while undertaking a second level 8 degree, having already attained a level 8 degree; if this fee reduction applies to an individual undertaking a level 9 Masters Degree who is not in receipt of SUSI supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54932/23]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...those in receipt of Carers Allowance; c) developing access for carers to avail of Back to Education, INTREO schemes etc., and ensure that Carers Allowance is a qualifying scheme for training supports; and d) enabling access to the SUSI grant for carers undertaking part-time study as well as providing direct funding/subsidisation to enable the undertaking of QQI level 5 health care...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a matter in relation to a SUSI grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54024/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...higher education students that are eligible for the free fees initiative (FFI), in academic year 2023/24, by €1,000. Net of students that avail of a 100% student contribution support through SUSI, it is estimated that this additional level of support towards tuition fees in 2023/24 may benefit up to 94,000 students at a cost to the State of circa €91.9 million net. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...for students attending courses in Northern Ireland, the main support available to assist students with the cost of higher education is the Student Grant Scheme. The Student Grant Scheme, administered by SUSI, provides grant assistance to students pursuing an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Harris: Over the past three years, the sum of €3,874.11 has been spent on twitter for campaigns such as COVID advice for students, SUSI supports and the launch of the Right Course website. Year Amount Subject 2021 €2,091.11 The Right Course website 2021 €1,150.50 COVID awareness for...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Niall Collins: ...reduction of 33% in the contribution fee for apprentices in higher education. Third, there is an increase in the postgraduate contribution grant from €4,000 to €5,000, benefiting approximately 1,790 students eligible for SUSI. Fourth, there is a further €8.1 million investment in the student assistance fund for the 2023-24 academic year, bringing the total of that...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023) See 11 other results from this debate

...partnership, PPP, projects and €341 million to fund pension costs of retired third level staff. Just under €318 million was spent on student support and related expenses. Most of this was spent under the national SUSI scheme, which is operated on behalf of the Department by Dublin City Education and Training Board. The programme for skills development involved...