Grant Payment #1

Roro4Brit

Hey just wondering if anyone has received their first installment of their higher education grant? I only started in DIT in Novermber so my application was very late compared to everyone else.

The list of cheques waiting to be collected in Aungier St is pretty small so just wondering if the first installments haven't been in yet or if they have and have been mostly collected already?

Cheers guys

Most of the first installments checks are collected as soon as the student numbers are put up and in most cases first installments were paid like a month ago.
I only recieved my letter of confirmation from my grant authority like last week and i applied in august so if you havent recieved a later of confirmation that your getting the grant you could be waiting a long while...
Also make sure when you do receive it you bring a copy down to the reg office. I gave in my letter to the reg office like last wed and received my check the next day :eek:
I hope this helps

Roro4Brit

yeah cool, thought as much.

Well the lady from the council told me I was approved it was only a matter of getting a letter of confirmation from dit that i had actually started back in college so I;m hoping by xmas to have it!!

cheers

HungryJoey

Not to p**s on your parade, but I applied for my grant in august and I only recieved my confirmation letter 2 weeks ago, I have also been since told It will be well after Xmas until I recieve anything. I dont know anybody who has applied in or after august that has recieved anything yet.

You obviously didnt read my reply HungryJoey i said that i applied in august and i recieved my check last friday. What coco are you with? im with kildare county council.

Jim236

I think it depends on what coco you applied to. I applied to south dublin coco at the start of november and was onto them there earlier today about my application, yer one on the phone said there was a good few hundred applications to get through and there were big delays because a lot of people only filled in the bare details, so they're having to ring them up and get the rest of the details for the application. So I probably won't get my first installement till well after the New Year, but she said cause of the delay I'd probs get the 2nd installement with the 1st.

HungryJoey

babarrosa wrote: »

You obviously didnt read my reply HungryJoey i said that i applied in august and i recieved my check last friday. What coco are you with? im with kildare county council.

I was refering to Roro4brit, not you.

I'm Fingal CC myself, so I guess thats where our differences lie.

Ahhh ok lol no problem, thought you meant me