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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Simon Harris: ...the course of future budgets. In relation to undergraduate fees, I was pleased to secure Government agreement to the introduction of a permanent new rate of student contribution support through SUSI from September 2023. For students whose families have incomes between €62,000 and €100,000, there will be a new grant of €500 towards the undergraduate student contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to reform the SUSI application process. [26396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Jun 2023)

Simon Harris: ...of future budgets. In relation to undergraduate tuition fees, I was pleased to secure Government agreement to the introduction of a permanent new rate of student contribution support through SUSI from September 2023. For students whose families have incomes between €62,000 and €100,000, there will be a new grant of €500 towards the undergraduate student...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (1 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...form of funding for people entering or re-entering the third level education system or to provide a basis for a long-duration participation in extended education. The Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) grant represents the primary support for persons pursuing education. Employment supports are kept under review in the context of the overall improving labour market and commitments...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Jun 2023)

Simon Harris: ...reduce in a meaningful way over the course of future budgets. I was pleased to secure Government agreement to the introduction of a permanent new rate of student contribution support through SUSI from September 2023. For students whose families have incomes between €62,000 and €100,000, there will be a new grant of €500 towards the undergraduate student contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Jun 2023)

Simon Harris: .... I also announced a range of further measures to enhance the scheme as part of Budget 2023. Some of these cost-of-living measures commenced in 2022.As part of the Government's cost of living measures, every SUSI maintenance grant recipient received an additional once-off extra maintenance payment;All higher education students who are eligible for the fees initiative benefited from a once...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...to reduce education costs. Sinn Féin has consistently called for the student contribution to be reduced by €1,000 in year one and that the Government should increase the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, maintenance grant and extend it to thousands more students and their families. The cost of living and studying has spiralled and it is crippling students and families....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (30 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...payable by free fees eligible undergraduate students. Separately, I was pleased to secure Government agreement to the introduction of a permanent new rate of student contribution support through SUSI from September 2023. For students whose families have incomes between €62,000 and €100,000, there will be a new grant of €500 towards the undergraduate student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cost of Living Issues (30 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...Plan, and underpin the policy commitments set out in Housing for All. The developments to be supported have planning permission. The support will be targeted at providing accommodation to certain SUSI supported students by providing them with accommodation at a defined affordable rate below market rates. At a minimum, 30% of the beds will be made available at discounted rates for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: 801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to Ukrainian students at higher level education who do not meet the three-year residency rule to qualify for a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26073/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (25 May 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a SUSI grant might be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...some of them are struggling too, and the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance will be paid at the higher rate. We also reduced college fees, increased the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant, reduced the cost of school transport, waived examination fees, introduced cheaper childcare and cheaper public transport, introduced free schoolbooks in all primary schools from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...call it "child benefit" if we are paying it in respect of a 22-year-old. To be fair, they are adults at that stage and most of them are probably working part-time. There are other supports, such as the SUSI grant, which is available for when they are at college. I would like to try to do something for those families where the child is still at secondary school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Simon Harris: ...payable by free fees eligible undergraduate students. Separately I was pleased to secure Government agreement to the introduction of a permanent new rate of student contribution support through SUSI from September 2023. For students whose families have incomes between €62,000 and €100,000, there will be a new grant of €500 towards the undergraduate student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (23 May 2023)

Mairead Farrell: 945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first- and full-year cost of increasing the reckonable income threshold for SUSI by €5,000 under several categories, in tabular form (details supplied). [24164/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2023)

Mairead Farrell: 954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all colleges in the North attended by students from the South, that are eligible for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24911/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023)

...the payment, they are giving up a lot. To be honest, it is a topic that has to be looked at interdepartmentally. It applies across numerous areas. As was said earlier, the housing support grant has a means threshold, as does the SUSI grant, the fuel allowance, the travel allowance, and the medical card. It is a delicate balance and I am not sure what the answer is actually.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 May 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. At present, the student grant scheme is targeted at full-time students. Courses that are part-time, less than two years in duration, conducted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 May 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Pa Daly: ...and Skills the reason there are no provisions made for those who have been renting rooms in properties that are not registered with the RTB and are trying to prove independence when applying for SUSI grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23622/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

.... Similarly, if a child or young person comes to us because he or she needs information or advice, we can do anything from supporting him or her in applying for the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI grant, for example, to linking him or her in with dedicated mental health services, to advocating with the foster parent if there is an issue with the child or young person's placement....