Only two asylum seekers qualify for third-level grant support

Only two asylum seekers qualified last year for third-level grant support under a Government scheme designed to assist young people in the protection system.

It was the second year the scheme was operated directly by the Department of Education, separately from the main college grants system run by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI).

Only two young people in the asylum process had qualified in the first year of its operation in 2015 when there were 39 applications.