Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applications that have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland on a county basis; the number that have been processed, awarded, refused or awaiting decision to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51574/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The accompanying table provides a breakdown on a county basis of the status of the student grant applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), the new centralised grant awarding authority. The data has been supplied to my Department by SUSI.

A number of measures have been put in place to speed up the process of awarding student grants. This includes the provision of additional staffing in both the assessment unit and the outsourced document management unit.

* This figure does not include some 2,334 applications which have been awarded pending submission of final course details by the student

** This figure includes some 2,334 applications which have been awarded pending submission of final course details by the student

*** This figure includes some 22,000 applications for which SUSI is awaiting documentation and some 9,000 on hand with SUSI which are being checked

to ensure all documentation submitted is complete