Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28679/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Grants Online Application system for the 2016/17 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 3rd November. Final 2016/17 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 grants processing position as of midday 30th September, 2016 is as follows:

SUSI has received 103,183 (60,346 New and 42,837 Renewal) student grant applications for the 2016/17 academic year, of which 16,934 were received after the Priority Processing Closing dates;

80,801 applications have been processed to completion, of which 68,823 applications have been awarded a grant, 9,850 have been refused a grant and 2,128 applications have been cancelled.

Of the 22,382 pending applications, SUSI is currently awaiting documentation from 15,368 students and will continue to finalise grant applications as this documentation is received.