3326. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who applied for the SUSI grant on the grounds that they were estranged from their parents, in each of the past ten years. [41146/25]
Topics / Grant Payments
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsGrant Payments
354 questions from 95 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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340 written, 14 oral
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| January 2025 | 14 |
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| March 2025 | 6 |
| April 2025 | 30 |
| May 2025 | 29 |
| June 2025 | 14 |
| July 2025 | 49 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 18 |
| October 2025 | 25 |
| November 2025 | 25 |
| December 2025 | 14 |
| January 2026 | 22 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 9 |
| April 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 9 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 16 |
| October 2026 | 15 |
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3327. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will benchmark SUSI grants and reckonable income levels against the cost of living, include the SUSI maintenance support for part-time students, and enable those in receipt of SUSI to receive financial support for repeat exams;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41204/25]
3390. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) receives the SUSI grant in time to return to Trinity College Dublin. [42987/25]
3391. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing SUSI by 20% adjacent and non-adjacent over two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/25]
3399. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost to extend the SUSI grant system for postgraduate fee contribution of €5,000 for qualifying students for the upcoming academic year 2025/2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/25]
3415. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that the same income eligibility limits for SUSI grants are applicable for students attending recognised courses in colleges outside this State, such as in Northern Ireland, as are applicable for students attending recognised courses in colleges in this State; and if he will make a statem…
3441. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or …
356. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there have been any funding or grant requests with his Department or bodies under its aegis in the past 12 months for the operation of pop-up pools. [40566/25]
357. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is aware of any pop-up pools which were funded through capital grants from his Department or Sport Ireland which are not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/25]
584. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the grounds on which a SUSI grant recipient can change their status from dependent to independent; and the documentation required as evidence of that. [40283/25]
783. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether he intends to do more than provide a modest seed grant to the Wool Council; whether there are any plans to ensure oversight and accountability mechanisms for this independent body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39039/25]
784. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to support the development of value-added wool products, such as insulation and other innovative applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39040/25]
785. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are envisaged to incentivise Irish SMEs to invest in the processing and marketing of Irish wool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/25]
786. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that has taken place with Enterprise Ireland, the SEAI, or other relevant agencies to develop a cross-departmental approach to Irish wool commercialisation; if he will consider establishing a dedicated funding stream or innovation challenge to accelerate this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39042/25…
119. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the same income eligibility limits for SUSI grants are applicable for students attending approved colleges and courses outside our jurisdiction, such as in Northern Ireland, Britain or the rest of the EU, as are applicable for students attending approved colleges or courses in this State; and if he will …
123. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the number of students in receipt of various levels of SUSI grant; his plans to improve access to higher education by expanding the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37373/25]
140. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has looked at streamlining and simplifying the SUSI application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/25]
144. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the increases in SUSI grants have kept pace with the cost-of-living increases in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37405/25]
521. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any financial support is available for housing extensions where household income is over the financial threshold to qualify for a sufficient local authority housing adaptation grant for disabled people to carry out necessary adaptations for disabled persons to continue to live at home; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
281. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the means by which a SUSI grant applicant (details supplied), who is being accommodated through the rent-a-room scheme, can satisfy the requirement to confirm their independent residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36274/25]
873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of doubling maintenance grants and restoring the grant adjacency rate to 24 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/25]
877. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for details of SUSI grant eligibility conditions for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/25]
13. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will urgently address the long delays, currently over two years, in SEAI grant processing times in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/25]
165. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to urgently address the long delays in SEAI grant processing times, that are over two years long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32060/25]
270. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance if there are any grant funding schemes in place to support car adaptations for people with a disability or medical issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31999/25]