Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Tipperary who are still awaiting payments of their student grant through the Student Universal Support Ireland system; the reason for the backlog in same; the current turnover time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1316/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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1236 students from County Tipperary have been awarded or provisionally awarded a grant. Of these 254 are fee only awards. 769 students have received maintenance payments. Further students will receive payment on Friday 18th January. This data was provided to Department by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) and is at a point in time on the 15th January, 2013.

SUSI is continuing to make payments on a weekly basis to ensure students can get paid their grant as expeditiously as possible, once they have been awarded a grant. In general the time period for between final award and payment is no more than two weeks. This is dependent on the timeframe within which those awarded a grant supply bank account details and the return of confirmation of registration from the institution, which enables the relevant instalments of the grant to be paid.

SUSI Applications - Processing Position for County Tipperary