Mr. Philip Connolly:

In such cases, there is a mechanism whereby they can state that they cannot provide anything more. We will then consider the particular case and if we cannot award the grant, it will be refused and they will have access to the appeals and review mechanisms.

Deputy Thomas Byrne also referred to funding. The grant scheme is demand-led in nature. We are not given a certain amount of money to spend such that if the demand goes over budget we do not have anything else for student support access. It goes up or down each year depending on the number of applications. I could answer the Deputy's question if it was about our corporate budget rather than the student support budget. The student support budget is purely demand-led; the more students apply, the more funding we receive.