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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 08, 2012

QUESTION NO.10

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Manager how much this Council will pay in Student Higher Education Grants for this academic year 2012 - 2013 and how it compares to previous years?

REPLY:

Set out below are comparisons in relation to grants paid by South Dublin County Council under the Student Grant Scheme in recent years.  Changes to the Scheme in relation to automatic eligibility for non adjacent rates for mature students resulted in the grant amount paid being significantly less in the 2011/2012 academic year.

Since the introduction of the  Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), the figures for previous academic years are no longer comparable.

South Dublin County Council will process approximately 900 renewal applications only for the academic year 2012/2013 and awards on foot of this will be in the region of €3.5m.  All monies, with the exception of the Council’s administration costs, are fully recoupable from the Department of Education. 

A total of 832 renewal applications for the 2012/2013 academic year have been received to date.