Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for higher education grants for the current school year that have been approved, refused, are pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44414/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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SUSI has received almost 108,000 student grant applications for the 2015/16 academic year. This figure includes 16,500 applicants which were received after the Priority Processing deadline.

93,000 (86%) of these applications have been processed to completion. Of which 74,500 applications have been awarded a grant and 18,500 have been refused or cancelled.

Of the 15,000 pending applications, SUSI is currently awaiting documentation from 9,000 students and will continue to finalise grant applications as this documentation is received.