The new centralised grant awarding authority, Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), as at the 23rd November, 2012 paid student maintenance grants to some 265 students in County Tipperary. SUSI is continuing to make payments on a weekly basis to ensure students can get paid their grant as expeditiously as possible, once they have been awarded a grant. Those awarded a grant must supply bank account details and confirmation of registration must be received from the institution in order for the first instalment to be paid.
In total SUSI has received some 2,632 applications from County Tipperary. Of these 1,022 are at completion stage with 490 applications awarded, and some 108 applications are at final review stage or awaiting a course acceptance form from the applicant and 424 applications have been refused or cancelled. 62 applications have been appealed to SUSI. 1,513 applications are either awaiting documentation from the student or where the documentation has been submitted by the student and it is being checked by SUSI. 35 applications are awaiting provisional assessment - these are applications received after the closing date. This data has been supplied to my Department by SUSI.