The first table provides a breakdown of the status of student grant renewal applications received by the Vocational Education Committees and the local authorities as at 30 November, 2012. It gives the position for student grant applications for attendance at higher education. This data has been provided to my Department by the 66 grant awarding authorities.
The second table provides a breakdown of the status of the student grant applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). The data provided is at close of business on 9 December, 2012. It gives the position for student grant applications for attendance at both further and higher education. This data has been provided to my Department by SUSI.
The migration of the new applications to SUSI has enabled the 66 grant awarding authorities to process renewal applications on a more efficient basis - these are generally more straightforward and require significantly less documentary evidence.
Local Authorities - Processing Position as at week ending 30/11/2012
Local Authorities
|
Number of Renewals
|
Awarded
|
Refused
|
Ongoing / Further Information or Documentation Requested
|
Cancelled / Withdrawn
|
Yet to be Processed
|
Higher Education
|
23,103
|
19,747
|
937
|
1,478
|
387
|
554
|
VEC - Processing Position as at week ending 30/11/2012
VEC
|
Number of Renewals
|
Awarded
|
Refused
|
Ongoing / Further Information or Documentation Requested
|
Cancelled / Withdrawn
|
Yet to be Processed
|
Higher Education
|
18,059
|
15,416
|
371
|
1,515
|
722
|
35
|
SUSI Applications - Processing position
Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI)
|
Total Applications
|
Awarded
|
Refused/ Cancelled
|
With SUSI for processing
|
Awaiting documentation from students
|
Total
|
66,891
|
20,859*
|
13,077
|
8,254
|
24,701
|
* This figure includes some 2,338 provisionally awarding awaiting final course acceptance forms.