Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 November 2012
109. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a higher education grant application in respect of a a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53381/12]
View answerOfficials in my Department have confirmed with SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority, that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy a grant has been refused and a letter outlining the position issued on the 25th October 2012. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down, in writing, by SUSI, and remains of the view that SUSI has not interpreted the scheme correctly in his/her case, an appeal form outlining the position may be submitted by the applicant to the Student Grant Appeals Board.
