Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI

1:10 pm

Mr. Tom Prizeman:

I did not answer one of Senator Moloney's questions. She stated that some calls could last for longer than 20 minutes. That would be a worst case scenario. The average waiting time is between five and six minutes and the average length of a call is six minutes. After two minutes on the telephone, the applicant is offered the option to leave a message for our call-back service.