I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 89 together.
Where an appeal is upheld i.e. the original decision was overturned, it is understood from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that it is currently taking 12 working days to re-process it. The process involved in finalising an appeal upheld by SUSI is that these cases are referred in date order to an assessment team to be reviewed. The time taken to review and/or re-assess an application may differ from case to case, depending on whether a full re-assessment is necessary or not. In some cases information may need to be obtained from the applicant to make a final determination. The time taken to pay an applicant whose appeal has resulted in an award or change of level of award depends on whether a person was already in receipt of a maintenance grant or not from SUSI.