Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Quinn, spoke again with the head of SUSI this morning and it remains the case that all staffing requests received from SUSI have already been granted. No new staffing request was received today. In total, there are now 96 staff working in SUSI and they are supported by 79 other staff working on document processing and queries from students. This is a combination of core and temporary staff who have been hired to help work through the delays that have arisen. SUSI is now staffed to the level requested. We expect it to get on with the job it has been asked to do and to ensure that all students receive their grants as soon as possible. It is now time for all those involved in SUSI to focus on delivery and to make sure that by Christmas the target of 33,000 grant applications has been met.

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