Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two late applications by persons (details supplied) in County Cork submitted to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4909/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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It is the responsibility of each individual student to ensure that his/her application is submitted before the deadline.

The national student grant awarding body, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), opened its online application system for the 2015/2016 academic year on 22 April 2015 with a closing date for receipt of applications of 5 November 2015.

Late applications may be accepted by SUSI, where a student has had an exceptional change of circumstances as outlined in Article 32 of the Student Grant Scheme 2015; provided such application is not later than one month before the end of the academic year to which the application relates. 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 an exceptional change of circumstance has occurred and will have considered why the request was not made before the deadline.

The students referred to by the Deputy may contact the SUSI support desk at 076-108 7874, to enquire about making a late application for the 2015/16 academic year, if they believe that an exceptional change of circumstance has occurred.