Second grant installment.

DeadMoney

Hey, does anybody here who is on the maintainance grant know when the 2nd installment is due? I remember getting it before xmas last year as mine was sent earlier. Anyway as far as I know it is like mid January but not too sure. Anybody have any idea?
Thanks

Dj Stiggie

I still haven't gotten approved for mine! Stupid Kildare CC

I think you're right about mid January, but there is a sign at the registry door directly across from the bank in the street that has the dates on it

Pygmalion

Mine says January, although i haven't even gotten my first (should be getting it this month)

DeadMoney

Pygmalion wrote: »

Mine says January, although i haven't even gotten my first (should be getting it this month)

oooo it'll be a nice xmas for you so Mine is almost spent, just about squeezed the first semesters rent out of it :rolleyes:

DeadMoney

Bad news! I just rang my local county council grants office to enquire about when it is due and she informed me that due to tomorrows budget it may
(1) Take longer to arrive after xmas.
(2) Be less than the usual amount.

This sucks balls there was talks of cuts being made in the grant last year but it didnt seem to happen. Now this could very well mean less money and longer waiting period. More debt for me so :mad:

phasers

That is absolutley ridiculous! That shouldn't affect funds already set aside for this year.

Pygmalion

phasers wrote: »

That is absolutley ridiculous! That shouldn't affect funds already set aside for this year.

Letter I got said 2nd and 3rd installments could be affected by it.

phasers

Pygmalion wrote: »

Letter I got said 2nd and 3rd installments could be affected by it.

Really? Mine didn't mention it :mad:

DeadMoney

So how does this work, will we be able to just check it on the budget website tomorrow evening to see if their was cuts?

phasers

5% cut then, which is about a €75 cut for me. I guess it's acceptable tbh.

DeadMoney

phasers wrote: »

5% cut then, which is about a €75 cut for me. I guess it's acceptable tbh.

Hey phasers, how you know its a 5% cut? I saw it listed on the budget as being reduced but it didnt say by how much. I'm on the full maintainance grant so its like just over €3k per year. 5% is not bad, I was expecting worse.

ontour

Cut altogether for me

DeadMoney

ontour wrote: »

Cut altogether for me

Is this because you are on BTEA also?

phasers

DeadMoney wrote: »

Hey phasers, how you know its a 5% cut? I saw it listed on the budget as being reduced but it didnt say by how much. I'm on the full maintainance grant so its like just over €3k per year. 5% is not bad, I was expecting worse.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1209/breaking70.htm

The Times wrote:

The funding allocation for third level institutions will be reduced by 4 per cent, from €1.318 billion this year to €1.266 billion in 2010, while student maintenance grants will be reduced by 5 per cent

It could have been worse I guess

Kenny_G

phasers wrote: »

It could have been worse I guess

Could have been better too.

phasers

Kenny_G wrote: »

Could have been better too.

I'm trying to be positive

Kenny_G

phasers wrote: »

I'm trying to be positive

I'm trying to be realistic

Pygmalion

Finally got my first installment and lodged it.

With any luck I'll have the money by the weekend...

Patrick_O

Ive applied for a grant and am pretty sure I should get it, just wondering when they confirm that I'm eligable???

Cheers

baddler

have you heard back from them about it Patrick? I applied end of August and haven't heard a dickie bird yet....any idea how long it takes them to process these things?

Patrick_O

Yeah I applied at the same time and haven't got anything not even an e-mail confirming my application,

The fees have to be paid pretty soon and I don't want to be taking out a student loan

SoaringPanda

What's the deal if you're in the middle of a masters ? Do we still get the 2nd and 3rd instalment ?