Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all outstanding applications for higher education grants for the 2015-16 academic year have been approved, rejected, or are pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34673/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The Grants Online Application system for the 2015/16 academic year is still open although the deadline for receipt of applications for priority processing has passed. Late applications will continue to be accepted by SUSI until early November. Final 2015/16 outturn information will not be available until after the deadline for receipt of applications has passed and all applications have been processed to finality.

However, the position as of the 27th of September 2015 is as follows:- SUSI has received circa 105,200 student grant applications for the 2015/16 academic year - 65,900 (63%) applications have been processed to completion. Of which 53,900 applications have been awarded a grant, 8,800 have been refused a grant and 3,200 application have been cancelled.

SUSI is currently awaiting documentation from a number of students and will continue to finalise grant applications as this documentation is received.