Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, recipients in the academic year 2021-2022; and the total number of full-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Student Grant Scheme, which is administered by SUSI on behalf of my department, is demand led and as such the numbers applying each year can change for reasons such as demographics and the expansion and extension of alternative educational opportunities.

The data for 2021/2022 is not currently available as SUSI are still finalising processing.  However, to date,  SUSI has paid over 71,700 recipients.

In relation to the total number of full time students, this information comes from HEA and statistics for the 2021/2022 academic year will be available once the annual reports are published.