Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40293/24]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The Student Grant Scheme is the principal support for students in financial terms by my Department and is administered on behalf of my Department by the national student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a business unit of City of Dublin ETB. It provides grant assistance to eligible students attending approved full-time and part-time courses in approved further or higher educational institutions who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria of the relevant scheme.

Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to eligible 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 table below outlines the number of higher education full and part-time grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the 2024/2025 academic year. The table does not include applications relating to PLC students.

Data is as of 4 October 2024 and is likely to change as processing for 2024/25 is ongoing.