Student Grant Scheme Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 January 2013

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Questions (95)

Gerry Adams

Question:

95. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied); the length of time this application has taken to process; if it is the case that the applicant's birth certificate was in fact lost by SUSI during the processing; the extent to which the loss of this documentation contributed to the delay in the processing of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4789/13]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn)

Officials in my Department have been informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the documentation initially supplied by the student in question in support of her grant application was incomplete and a request for the further documentation issued in November 2012. SUSI has no record of receiving the birth certificate before January 2013. SUSI wrote again to the student on 15th January 2013 in relation to this matter. Documentation was recently received and the application has being examined. SUSI is in direct contact with this student to resolve any outstanding issues in relation to the application.