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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: A key principle of the design of the free fees initiative and the SUSI scheme is to encourage progression, that is, to support students in progressing through a chosen course of study from year to year. As a result, with very limited exceptions, students are not typically supported for a repeat period of study or for a different course at the same level. What this means is that the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...to Back To Education Allowance (BTEA).  There are two options available to applicants.  They can remain on DA without applying for any grants.  Furthermore, they can remain on DA and apply for the full grant through SUSI. This will not affect their weekly DA payment.  Applications for BTEA must be made prior to commencing or within 30 days of the commencement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (7 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Harris: ...measure is available to full time undergraduate students eligible for the Department’s free fees schemes in academic year 2022 to 2023. A key principle of the design of the free fees initiative and the SUSI scheme is to encourage progression, that is, to support students in progressing through a chosen course of study from year to year. As a result, students are not typically...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Dec 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of all approved undergraduate courses for application under SUSI provided in the State to which the free fees scheme does not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...financial difficulties while attending college.  Students can apply for the Student Assistance Fund to help with either temporary or ongoing financial difficulties.  The Student Assistance Fund is designed to provide a source of financial support in addition to a SUSI grant.  The Student Assistance Fund is managed by the Higher Education Authority on behalf of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (6 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: ...xa0; Under the measure, eligible students will have the student contribution they are due to pay reduce from €3,000 to €2,000 in 2022/23. Students eligible for a 50% student contribution grant support as paid by SUSI will benefit proportionally and will see the amount they pay to their institution reduce from €1,500 to €1,000. Additional information for students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (6 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: A key principle of the design of the free fees initiative and the SUSI scheme is to encourage progression, that is, to support students in progressing through a chosen course of study from year to year. As a result, students are not typically supported for a repeat period of study or for a different course at the same level. I am conscious that not all students are eligible for free fees...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2022) See 11 other results from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications that were rejected on the basis that the pandemic unemployment payment brought their income over the threshold in each of the past 12 months. [60818/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

...here. For certain categories of migrants, their rights are very clearly specified in different pieces of legislation. For example, with access to education and persons who are entitled to SUSI supports, it is very clearly specified what type of immigration status a person must hold. Currently, victims of trafficking who have been granted permission under the administrative immigration...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...point, I ask the Minister to look at the situation of part-time students and the support we do not give them. At 19%, we are below the OECD average of 22% for part-time students. In the review of SUSI, we saw that 47% of postgraduates and 25% of undergraduates said they would consider going back to study if they had the financial support to do that. This is a matter we must seriously...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Dec 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a stark and unacceptable fact that even if a student is in receipt of the maximum SUSI grant of €6,115, he or she will not be able to afford student accommodation at UCD, where even the cheapest and supposedly most affordable rates range from €6,900 a year up to €10,745. What will the Minister do to ensure there is affordable accommodation at publicly funded...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (1 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: ...co-chairs, Dr. Andrea Johnson and David Cagney. The scope of the review, as I said, is quite broad. It will look at current PhD researcher supports, including financial supports, stipends, SUSI supports and other supports. It will look at the adequacy, consistency and equity of current arrangements across research funders and higher education institutions, including equity and welfare...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (1 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: ...2023 for PhD students who receive an IRC or SFI award. In certain circumstances, PhD students may also qualify for support from the State's student grant support scheme, Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI. I agree that we need to do a lot better and that we need to do an awful lot more to support PhD students, and to support Ireland, because this is a matter of both our social and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022) See 3 other results from this answer

Simon Harris: ...students. Eligible full time students will benefit from a once off reduction in the student contribution rate of €1,000. Students eligible for a 50% student contribution grant support as paid by SUSI will benefit proportionally and will see the amount they pay to their institution reduce from €1,500 to €1,000. In addition to the once off cost-of-living measures, I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022) See 2 other results from this answer

James O'Connor: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of SUSI grants appeals; the number of appeals which are still outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Aindrias Moynihan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if one-off payments in Budget 2023 will be included as income in household income means testing for SUSI applications for 2023/2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59862/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: ...A reduction of €1,000 in the student contribution payable by eligible free fees students for the academic year 2022/23. Students eligible for a 50% student contribution grant support as paid by SUSI will benefit proportionally and will see the amount they pay to their institution reduce from €1,500 to €1,000. -A reduction of up to 33% in the contribution fee for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Christopher O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special consideration will be given to SUSI grant applications in cases in which one of the parents or guardians of the applicant is being treated for or is recovering from a serious illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the conditions under which a student can be deemed to be estranged from their parents for the purposes of the SUSI grant. [59726/22]

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...I would say to that family that there a number of supports, through the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, such as the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant. Additional resources and money have been provided for that and there has been a reduction in the fees. I do not know what else I can say. There are supports and that is what we...