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Limerick students and families urged to check eligibility for expanded SUSI supports

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Students and families are being encouraged to visit the SUSI website to check their eligibility for third-level education.

Students and their families are urged to check eligibility for expanded SUSI supports ahead of the new academic year

Students and their families are urged to check if they’re eligible for expanded SUSI supports ahead of the new academic year
Undergraduate students whose household’s reckonable income is under €115,000 may be eligible for financial support

Students and families are being encouraged to visit the SUSI website to check their eligibility for third-level education support following the expansion of the eligibility criteria.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless TD has urged families to check their eligibility as undergraduate students whose “household reckonable income is under €115,000 may now be eligible”.

Undergraduate students whose household’s reckonable income is under €115,000 may be eligible for financial support, and students do not need to have their Leaving Cert results or to have accepted a course to apply.


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Minister Lawless said, “I am very aware of the costs for students and families when attending further and higher education. That is why my department expanded eligibility for grants by increasing income thresholds to provide greater support. Undergraduate students whose household reckonable income is under €115,000 may now be eligible for financial support.”

The Minister said the changes come as “long-term sustainable improvements”, which he says are a step for “easing the financial burden on further and higher education students”.

Also, the Part-Time Fee Scheme for Specified Undergraduate Courses 2025 will see more than 100 courses eligible, an increase from 62. A full list of the courses is available on the SUSI website, and the income threshold to avail of support has also increased to €64,315.

Minister Lawless said, “All of these improved supports take effect from September this year. I would strongly urge students and parents to visit the SUSI website on www.susi.ie for further information and to find out if they are eligible for a grant.”

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