435. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois who submitted an application for a third level grant to Student Universal Support Ireland on 20 May 2014 and has recently been informed by a third party that they are not eligible for the grant due to the level of the course they are attending; the reason SUSI have corresponded on various occasions over a six month period dealing with this application when it should have been clear to them from the beginning that it was not eligible; the reason the person has not yet been informed by SUSI regarding eligibility; the reason SUSI has wasted so much time of the applicant and of their own organisation dealing with ineligible cases and should they not be required to check eligibility regarding the persons participation on a course at an early stage and avoid six months of waste of time and resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45110/14]

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435. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois who submitted an application for a third level grant to Student Universal Support Ireland on 20 May 2014 and has recently been informed by a third party that they are not eligible for the grant due to the level of the course they are attending; the reason SUSI have corresponded on various occasions over a six month period dealing with this application when it should have been clear to them from the beginning that it was not eligible; the reason the person has not yet been informed by SUSI regarding eligibility; the reason SUSI has wasted so much time of the applicant and of their own organisation dealing with ineligible cases and should they not be required to check eligibility regarding the persons participation on a course at an early stage and avoid six months of waste of time and resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45110/14]

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