Student Grant Numbers

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Questions (293)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

293. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the figures per county of the number of student grant applicants who have been awarded the student grant but are still awaiting payment as of 23 October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47539/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As the Deputy is aware, all new applications for the 2012/13 academic year are being processed and paid by SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority. Continuing students who are renewing their grant for attendance on an existing course with their existing awarding authority, which will be either a local authority or a VEC, will continue to have their applications processed and paid by the relevant grant awarding authority. Continuing students on a level 6 or level 7 course in the Institutes of Technology will continue to be paid their grant directly by their institution. The first table provides a breakdown of new applications awarded student grants by county and the number that are awaiting payment of the maintenance element of their student grants as of 5 November, 2012. The data in the table has been provided to my Department by SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority. Payment of the maintenance grant is contingent on the supply of bank account details by the student and confirmation of registration by the institution being attended. The second table provides a breakdown of renewals applications awarded by county and the number of renewal applications that have been paid as at 19 October, 2012. The numbers paid directly by their Institute of Technology is shown separately at the bottom of the table. The data in this table has been compiled from information supplied to my Department by the 66 grant-awarding authorities and the Institutes of Technology. A breakdown of data in relation to renewal students awarded fees-only grants by the 66 grant-awarding authorities is not available.

Figures per county - SUSI – New Applications

County	Awarded Fees Only	Awarded Maintenance	Maintenance Paid	Awaiting Maintenance Payment
Carlow	12	98	25	73
Cavan	5	134	55	79
Clare	16	183	67	116
Cork	38	577	239	338
Donegal	40	333	121	212
Dublin	115	975	328	647
Galway	46	374	89	285
Kerry	25	217	83	134
Kildare	24	242	92	150
Kilkenny	16	125	46	79
Laois	13	104	43	61
Leitrim	7	58	16	42
Limerick	29	240	95	145
Longford	8	63	22	41
Louth	18	209	86	123
Mayo	20	216	69	147
Meath	9	238	100	138
Monaghan	5	107	37	70
Offaly	14	147	57	90
Roscommon	5	124	36	88
Sligo	9	76	18	58
Tipperary	25	246	104	142
Waterford	28	175	82	93
Westmeath	14	183	75	108
Wexford	27	274	130	144
Wicklow	16	201	75	126

Figures per county - 66 Grant Awarding Authorities – Renewals

County	Renewals Awarded	Renewals Paid
Carlow	388	216
Cavan	701	437
Clare	1,041	510
Cork	3,395	956
Donegal	1,625	643
Dublin	3,840	1,588
Galway	2,120	1,568
Kerry	1,580	1,028
Kildare	1,261	573
Kilkenny	767	348
Laois	658	369
Leitrim	412	284
Limerick	1,450	612
Longford	366	198
Louth	1,133	532
Mayo	1,508	517
Meath	792	222
Monaghan	716	455
Offaly	564	359
Roscommon	779	523
Sligo	721	375
Tipperary	1,312	824
Waterford	974	470
Westmeath	794	573
Wexford	1,149	697
Wicklow	1,003	619

Schedule of payments in respect of Level 6 & Level 7 students in the academic year 2012/13

Institute	Date	No. of Students
Athlone Institute	12/10/12	223
Blanchardstown Institute	02/11/12	75
Carlow Institute	26/10/12	250
Cork Institute	30/10/12	689
Dun Laoghaire Art & Design	31/10/12	32
Dundalk Institute	30/10/12	283
Galway/Mayo Institute	18/10/12	698
Letterkenny Institute	02/11/12	407
Tralee Institute	19/10/12	284
Limerick Institute	27/10/12	273
Sligo Institute	12/10/12	569
Tallaght Institute	26/10/12	123
Waterford Institute	06/10/12	288
Dublin Institute of Technology	26/10/12	216