Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a higher education grant will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39017/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the Deputy made an application for the 2013/14 academic year on 18th June 2013.

A second document checklist issued to the applicant on 17th July 2013.

The requested documentation was recently returned and will be reviewed shortly. SUSI will contact the student directly in relation to the outcome.

If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI.

Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down, in writing, by SUSI, and remains of the view that SUSI has not interpreted the scheme correctly in his/her case, an appeal form outlining the position may be submitted by the applicant to the Student Grant Appeals Board. The relevant appeal form is available to download from www.studentfinance.ie.