Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the running costs of Student Universal Support Ireland from its inception to the end of May 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures and the way they compare to the projected running costs of SUSI, as originally envisaged by his Department when awarding the tender to City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee. [29305/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In the period following the outcome of the selection process there was an implementation planning stage for SUSI up to May 2012 when CDVEC by way of order under the Student Support Act 2011 was designated as the appointed awarding authority for student grants on 22nd May 2012. Some staffing, project set up costs and operation costs were incurred by the CDVEC in that period which the Department reimbursed.
The breakdown of the costs incurred by the City of Dublin VEC prior to the going live of Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) from its inception to the end of May 2012 is contained in the following table.
The funding provided by the Department to the City of Dublin VEC for the administration of student grants by SUSI is provided on a financial year basis, and the year 1 projected costs were on the basis of the full financial year 2012. The projected running costs for SUSI were not broken down on the basis sought by the Deputy.

Breakdown of SUSI costs July 2011 to May 2012