Over 400 Fewer Kildare Students Are Receiving SUSI Grants This Year.

Monday, 20 September 2021 07:10

The Minister for Higher and Further Education says the allocation of grants is "demand led".

Almost 400 fewer third level students in Kildare are receiving SUSI grants this academic year.

4,327 students in the county were successful in grant applications last year.

That has fallen to 3,946 for the current academic year.

The Minister for Higher and Further Education notes "The scheme is demand led and as such the numbers applying each year can change for reasons such as demographics, employment rates etc."

Home Address County	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22*
Dublin	20,184	20,178	19,657	19,328	21,012	18,752
Cork	11,193	10,958	10,355	9,948	10,377	9,005
Galway	6,719	6,625	6,347	6,029	6,235	5,441
Donegal	4,849	4,805	4,523	4,410	4,607	3,936
Kildare	4,238	4,161	3,989	4,043	4,327	3,946
Limerick	4,753	4,597	4,276	4,083	4,223	3,667
Meath	4,071	3,989	3,803	3,773	4,015	3,604
Louth	3,415	3,346	3,280	3,343	3,629	3,300
Wexford	3,760	3,730	3,587	3,482	3,614	3,146
Tipperary	3,953	3,880	3,741	3,556	3,532	3,104
Kerry	4,096	3,951	3,702	3,425	3,587	3,106
Mayo	3,819	3,704	3,448	3,353	3,487	3,093
Waterford	2,983	2,927	2,829	2,794	2,931	2,612
Clare	3,005	3,016	2,844	2,756	2,888	2,587
Wicklow	2,710	2,699	2,628	2,507	2,646	2,301
Kilkenny	2,319	2,229	2,239	2,225	2,242	1,997
Westmeath	2,350	2,309	2,214	2,091	2,258	1,986
Laois	1,930	2,014	1,984	2,013	2,115	1,838
Offaly	2,083	1,993	1,864	1,845	1,899	1,742
Cavan	2,157	2,162	2,061	1,993	1,989	1,670
Roscommon	1,846	1,779	1,717	1,578	1,624	1,483
Monaghan	1,744	1,709	1,592	1,569	1,597	1,421
Carlow	1,582	1,528	1,489	1,402	1,494	1,341
Sligo	1,870	1,827	1,704	1,661	1,639	1,356
Longford	1,069	1,042	993	1,005	1,094	1,027
Leitrim	1,007	970	969	931	919	745
Other	1,603	1,247	961	950	964	890
Grand Total	105,308	103,375	98,796	96,093	100,944	89,096

*For the current academic year the application process for 2021-22 is still open and the figures provided are as at the 5th September 2021.

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