Written answers

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Department of Education and Skills

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the shortest, longest and average waiting time yearly between 2006 and 2012 for student grant applications. [15702/13]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The process of assessing eligibility for student grants between 2006 and 2012 was carried out by 66 grant awarding authorities.

The process management reporting systems in the grant awarding authorities do not collate the information requested by the Deputy.

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applicants who are waiting over three months, six months, nine months and 12 months for their claims to be processed. [15703/13]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) process management reporting system does not collate the information requested by the Deputy. However, the waiting time for processing a student grant application by SUSI varies depending on a number of factors including the volume of applications received at any given time, the complexity of the grant applicant's circumstances, and time taken by the applicant to submit all the required documentary evidence to enable a final decision to be made on an application. Every effort is made to ensure that students get decisions on their grant applications and are paid as soon as possible.

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