Questions

1107. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of people who applied for SUSI grants in 2026; the number who were successful and unsuccessful, respectively; the reasons applicants were unsuccessful; and the amounts awarded to successful applicants. [73482/26]

1117. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department will engage with the Department of Social Protection to review barriers to maintenance grant eligibility for social welfare recipients living with their parents, including lone parents unable to secure independent accommodation; and whether he will undertake an assessment of the c…

1118. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of SUSI maintenance grant applications from recipients of the one-parent family payment refused because parental income exceeded the applicable threshold in each of the past three academic years, broken down by county, where available; and whether these data are collected. [74206/26]

1119. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for including parental income in the assessment of SUSI maintenance grant applications from mature students who are lone parents, receive one-parent family payment and reside in their parents' home; and whether this approach adequately reflects their financial circumstances and responsibil…

1120. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reforming the student grant scheme to allow students receiving the one-parent family payment or other core means-tested social welfare payments to be assessed for maintenance grants on their own means, without reference to parental income, subject to existing rules on overlapping edu…

892. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science If he will review the case of a person (details supplied) and provide an update on their SUSI application. [71676/26]

925. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in relation to the SUSI Special Rate Maintenance Grant, if he will consider some flexibility, based on individual circumstance rather than a rigid income cut off, even allowing some lee-way on appeal depending on circumstances to better support people in education, especially where they live at home and th…

685. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will remove the mature dependent category in SUSI and treat all those over the age of 23 as independent regardless of their living situation. [66408/26]

687. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science If he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide an update regarding their SUSI application. [66504/26]

1484. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to review income thresholds for SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter [64290/26]

1515. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the SUSI grant. [65785/26]

549. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to expedite a SUSI application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50357/26]

339. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reforms to the means test for SUSI grants to include significant financial commitments such as mortgage and rent costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50073/26]

942. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to expand the eligibility of SUSI to include people studying for a postgraduate masters part time due to a disability or other restrictions. [49568/26]

1504. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No.1132 of 24 February 2026, to provide further information regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39446/26]

326. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to extend the SUSI grant to graduate medicine students who already possess a level 8 QQI and subsequently enter a level 8 graduate entry medicine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38089/26]

328. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the decision to refuse a SUSI grant to a student (details supplied) who is a member of the Reserve Defence Force but is not employed by the RDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38132/26]

155. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views regarding the holiday earnings disregard for students applying for Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants; his views on whether it is unfair that only income from work during holidays is considered, and students who have a small weekend job lose out on the SUSI grant as that puts them o…

1278. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding or grant supports that are available to students from Ireland who are travelling to the United Kingdom to study musical theatre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34840/26]

1303. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase the SUSI grant given current levels do not fully reflect the rising cost of living for students and families. [30547/26]

84. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applicants who applied for SUSI grants in each of the years between 2020 and 2025; the number that were unsuccessful in their applications; the measures he will enact to the appeals process to maximise the number of applicants who are successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

85. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to support students that are estranged from family, to access SUSI and other supports on campuses. [7275/26]

91. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has examined the impact of the current means-testing arrangements for the SUSI grant on adult and mature applicants who, due to the lack of available or affordable housing, continue to reside in the family home and are therefore assessed on parental income; his plans to review the SUSI means test to addr…

142. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to independent students who have become estranged from their families after the age of 18 years, but are struggling to provide sufficient documentation to prove their independence in order that they can access SUSI; if he plans to revise the rules regarding eligibility to b…

158. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has plans to amend SUSI criteria in relation to family estrangement to ensure greater access to SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6843/26]