Student grant system ‘may not be able to cope’
With up to 10,000 students not yet paid their grants by Student Universal Support Ireland (Susi), out of around 35,000 expected to be eligible, colleges and student unions have been giving out rent and food money since before Christmas.
Susi is run by City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee and is only handling applications from first-time college students this year. It will take over all grants from the 66 councils and VECs over the next three years, but Dundalk Institute of Technology president Denis Cummins questioned its ability to manage the expanded role.
