James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be reconsidered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4527/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Officials in my Department have been informed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the reckonable income of the student referred to by the Deputy has been assessed in line with Article 22 of the Student Grant Scheme 2013 and that the student was awarded 100% Student Contribution.

I understand that his sister was not eligible for a grant due to the reckonable income exceeding the threshold for award of postgraduate fee grant or fee contribution. The Deputy will appreciate that the terms of the Student Grant Scheme are general in nature and exceptions cannot be made regardless of individual circumstances. Where an individual applicant considers that he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, 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 the scheme has not been interpreted correctly in his case, an appeal form outlining the position may be submitted by the applicant to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board. The relevant appeal form is available to download from .