Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that various vocational education committees and local authorities here which administer higher education student grants report to his Department on a weekly basis on the number of grants they have awarded; the number awarded in respect of each of the awarding authorities; the number of grants awarded to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43219/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Normal reporting arrangements between the grant awarding authorities and my Department are on the basis of three financial recoupments per year, a survey in January each year on progress in processing grant applications and an annual statistical return at the end of each academic year. This year, given the numbers of grant applications and the capacity of awarding authorities to process these, my Department is currently requesting a weekly update from the awarding authorities to enable monitoring of the administration of student grants. The number of grants awarded on foot of new applications and renewals as at 23rd November 2009 in respect of each of the awarding authorities is set out in the table.