Higher Education Grants

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Ceisteanna (109, 110)

Damien English

Ceist:

193 Deputy Damien English asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications made to date by the students for 2010/2011; the number of applications that have been processed; the number of applications that have been successful; the number of applications that have been paid out to students; the number of outstanding applications to be processed; if she would provide a breakdown for each awarding body in the State in tabular form and when she expects each awarding body to complete the higher education grants process. [32251/10]

Arthur Morgan

Ceist:

310 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of grant applications received and the number which have been processed for each local authority and VEC here on a county basis in tabular form. [33334/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Mary Coughlan)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 310 together.

The following table details the latest information on the number of new applications received by the awarding authorities. The information has been supplied to my Department by the local authorities and the Vocational Education Committees.

Information in relation to the number of new applications processed, awarded and paid is not yet available. This information has been requested from the awarding authorities and will be forwarded to the Deputies when it has been received.

Local Authorities 2010/11 New Applications received as at 10 Sep 2010	VEC 2010/11 New Applications received as at 10 Sep 2010
Name Of Local Authority	Number of New Applications	Name of VEC	Number of New Applications
Carlow	217	Carlow	347
Cavan	255	Cavan	1,024
Clare	622	Clare	503
Cork City	542	Cork City	932
Cork Co	1,491	Cork Co	2,054
Donegal	658	Donegal	2,014
Dublin City	3,757	CDVEC	1,929
Dún Laoghaire	587	Dún Laoghaire VEC	333
Fingal Co Co	845	Co Dublin VEC	1,827
Dublin South Co Co	645	Galway City	415
Galway Co	2,332	Galway Co	1,650
Kerry	651	Kerry	1,591
Kildare	939	Kildare	1,080
Kilkenny	344	Kilkenny	681
Laois	350	Laois	580
Leitrim	194	Leitrim	371
Limerick City	256	Limerick City	438
Limerick Co Co	639	Limerick Co	869
Longford	189	Longford	653
Louth	490	Louth	695
Mayo	572	Mayo	1,319
Meath	583	Meath	1,119
Monaghan	230	Monaghan	779
Offaly	253	Offaly	674
Roscommon	368	Roscommon	615
Sligo	249	Sligo	849
Tipperay NR	281	Tipperary NR	822
Tipperary SR	411	Tipperary SR	674
Waterford City	186	Waterford City	541
Waterford Co	416	Waterford Co	442
Westmeath	370	Westmeath	1,578
Wexford	438	Wexford	1,552
Wicklow	763	Wicklow	897
Total	21,123	Total	31,847

Awarding Authority	New Applications
Local Authorities	21,123
VECs	31,847
OVERALL TOTAL	52,970