Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is appropriate to refuse a late Student Universal Support Ireland application (details supplied) based on misleading advice provided from their local social welfare offices. [47821/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The national student grant awarding body, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), opened its online application system for the 2014/2015 academic year on 8 May, 2014 with the closing date further extended to 06 November 2014

It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that their application for a student grant is submitted before the deadline.

Late applications may be accepted by SUSI, but not later than one month before the end of the academic year to which the application relates, where a student has had an exceptional change of circumstances as outlined in Article 32 of the Student Grant Scheme 2014. All requests for late applications are examined and considered on a case-by-case basis. In accepting a late application SUSI will have established that exceptional change of circumstances have occurred and have considered why the request was not made before the deadlines.

The student referred to by the Deputy may contact SUSI support desk at 076 - 108 7874 to enquire about making a late application for the 2014/15 academic year where exceptional change of circumstances have occurred.