Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made for the SUSI grant for the 2020-2021 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those applications that were successful. [41366/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The principal support provided by my Department in financial terms is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means.

The scheme is demand led and as such the numbers applying each year can change for reasons such as demographics, employment rates etc. The applications by county for the SUSI grant for the 2020/21 academic year and details of successful are in the attached table in tabular form.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made for the SUSI grant for the 2021-2022 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those applications that were successful. [41367/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The application process for 2021-22 is still open therefore, it is not possible at this juncture to provide the data requested by the Deputy. However, I can confirm that as of July 18, SUSI had received just over 81,300 applications and assessed just over 59,700 with just over 51,900 qualifying for grant support.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals that were made by applicants who were denied access to the SUSI grant for the 2021-2022 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those appeals that were successful. [41368/21]

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals that were made by applicants who were denied access to the SUSI grant for the 2020-2021 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those appeals that were successful. [41369/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1310 and 1311 together.

The decision on eligibility for student grant assistance is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine.

If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI and remains of the view that the scheme has not been interpreted correctly in his/her case, an appeal may be submitted to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board within the required timeframe.

Statisitics requested by the Deputy on a county basis in tabular form for the SGAB & SUSI are attached.