Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who to date in 2021 have applied for the SUSI grant; the number who have been awarded funding; the number of applications rejected; and the number of applications yet to be processed. [49689/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine.

For the current academic year (2021/22) the application process is still open. However, I can confirm that as of 10th October 2021, SUSI had received 94,800 applications and assessed 85,700 with 71,400 qualifying for grant support. 11,700 were refused and 2,600 cancelled by the applicant.

There are 1,000 applications awaiting initial assessment from SUSI, 6,400 awaiting documents from students and 1,500 awaiting final assessment from SUSI.