Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 February 2013
306. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all issues in relation to the processing and awarding of student grants through Student Universal Support Ireland have now been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5217/13]
View answerI understand from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that grants processing is largely up to date. SUSI is continuing to make weekly payments to ensure those students who have only recently been awarded a grant can be paid as expediously as possible. Student Universal Support Ireland will shortly close outstanding grant applications for the current 2012/2013 academic year to enable them to prepare the system for the next academic year. Some 8,000 students have still not provided any of the necessary supporting documentation to enable their grant applications to be progressed to finality while others have provided some, but not all, of this documentation. SUSI is in the course of offering those students that still wish to proceed with their grant applications a final opportunity to submit the documentation that SUSI has requested, before they close out these applications.
