Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated to Student Universal Support Ireland for administering student grants for 2012 /13 academic year; if it is projected that this cost will now be higher than predicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15612/13]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will pay more money than initially expected to Student Universal Support Ireland for the administration of 2012 /13 student grants as a result of the significant delays in processing the grants and resulting increased costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15621/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 138 together.

Funding for the administration of student grants by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) is provided on a financial year basis. It is not possible to fully disaggregate costs on a single academic year basis as operational costs span two academic years.

The funding provided by this Department to SUSI in the financial year 2012 which includes set-up and operational cost was some €6.7m. These costs were generally in line with expectations.