Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Third level grants are administered through SUSI. Does the HEA pay them? No, it is the Department. While the witnesses might not have the figure today, in terms of the 2012 Estimate, how much funding is built in or left to cover grants for this year? I imagine that at the outset of the year it was probably all built in to be paid in the calendar year 2012. In the event, it is likely that many grants will not be paid until 2013. How does that work with the Estimates for 2013? Will that be lifted from 2013 and added on to the 2013 figure or does it mean there is a bigger squeeze on the Department of Education and Skills next year as a result?