Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the progress made to date in establishing the new student grant awarding authority, SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The new central grant awarding authority Student Universal Support Ireland, (SUSI, a division of the City of Dublin VEC) which will administer the Student Grant Scheme on behalf of my Department has been established. The online grant application system, administered by them, went live via the www.studentfinance.ie website on 11th June 2012. To date over 11,000 fully completed student grant applications have already been received by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). I am confident that the establishment of a single grant awarding authority will greatly improve the efficiency of the process and will eliminate the delays which some students have experienced in recent years.