Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
1310. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of appeals that were made by applicants who were denied access to the SUSI grant for the 2021-2022 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those appeals that were successful. [41368/21]
Amharc ar fhreagra1311. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of appeals that were made by applicants who were denied access to the SUSI grant for the 2020-2021 academic year by county in tabular form; and the number of those appeals that were successful. [41369/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1310 and 1311 together.
The decision on eligibility for student grant assistance is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine.
If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI and remains of the view that the scheme has not been interpreted correctly in his/her case, an appeal may be submitted to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board within the required timeframe.
Statisitics requested by the Deputy on a county basis in tabular form for the SGAB & SUSI are attached.
