Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Independent)
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156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unprocessed student grant applications that remain to be dealt with by Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I understand from Student Universal Support Ireland that grants processing is largely up to date and that completed applications are now being dealt with as they come in.

The current position on processing of grants by Student Universal Support Ireland, as at close of business on 20 January 2013 is that 47,674 applications have been processed to completion.

Of the remaining applications, in the case of over 9,000 online applications students have never sent in any documentation and SUSI is engaging with those students to confirm closing out these applications. Documentation is outstanding in relation to the remaining 10,000 cases. This is similar to the position in previous years and SUSI is actively contacting these students to assist them with finalising their applications.