Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount received by each higher education institute under the student assistance fund; the amount distributed to students in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3835/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is in the attached file.

The file includes the allocations to each HEI and net payments made by the HEA to HEIs in respect of Student Assistance Fund in academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21, which takes into accounts balances in HEIs. Expenditure by individual HEIs in 2019/20, as reported to the HEA, is also included. The amount of funding given to each student is at the discretion of each HEI who operate within the overall SAF guidelines. Expenditure by HEIs for the 2020/2021 academic year is not available at this time.

It should also be noted that SAF funding for 2020/21 academic year was increased by €8.1m under the COVID-19 support package.