Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way Abtran were to be paid for their role in administering 2012/13 student grants; if there was a fee per student, per document received or per call received; the estimated value of the contract when it was awarded and the projected cost of the contract now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15613/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The contractual arrangement that Student Universal Support Ireland has with Abtran is a framework agreement which includes attended hourly rates and attended daily rates. This approach provides flexibility in responding to resource demands within the peaks in the workloads that arise during the student grant processing period.