Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2012
34. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently working on clearing the backlog of student grant applicaitons in Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55010/12]
View answerIn total, there is now 96 staff working in Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), 33 of which are permanent and 63 of which are temporary. To date 149 temporary staff have been approved in the outsourced company, engaged by SUSI, to support the processing of student grants. There are currently 143 of these staff in place. 6 persons who recently left are being replaced. In addition, officials in my Department have been providing assistance to SUSI on an on-going basis.
