Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

SUSI is awaiting documentation on 21,000 applications. The remain 27,000 applications are being processed. Additional staff have been provided to accelerate the processing, which is proceeding at a rate of 800 applications per day. CDVEC's chief executive officer, whose authority now has responsibility for this matter, is due to appear before the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection in the near future to address Members' questions on this issue.

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