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Back to education and grants

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  • 14-12-2009 7:20pm
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    user1
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭


    Whats the story with the back to education allowance and the grants in the budget. I am in posession of both, will this affect me when I apply to get it next year or does it only apply to new applicants.


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    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    From what I've seen so far the exact implementation details are still not decided. Due to that you'll find a lot of confusing and contradictory information out there. I'm led to believe that the Dept. of Education would like to leave current recipients of BETA and the grant with both but they're unwilling to confirm this right now.

    I'm open to correction if someone has some more up to date information.


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    steveone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭steveone


    are we talking about the local authority grants or smaller grants like milennium etc? if its the local authority grants I'm screwed unless they have bugeted for me . It's not fair on new students. who's going to afford the reg fee? if TCD are losing funds they'll pass that straight onto the student body.
    €1500 will be cheap.


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    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    We're talking about the maintenance grant paid via the local authorities. The Budget included an announcement that BTEA recipients would no longer have an entitlement to it. The information I've seen thus far indicates that BTEA recipients will still have the €1500 (or whatever the HEA allow it to go up to next year) Registration Fee paid for them.


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    steveone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭steveone


    thanks for that. I'll be keeping a close eye on it,


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    banshee_bones
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    I heard the figure of 20% reduction in local authority maintaince grants? Any truth to this? I looked at the main pints of the Budget 2010 nothing about grants..... ?


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    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    banshee_bones wrote: »
    I heard the figure of 20% reduction in local authority maintaince grants? Any truth to this? I looked at the main pints of the Budget 2010 nothing about grants..... ?
    There'll be a 5% reduction in line with the other main welfare cuts.


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    youngco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭youngco


    leeroybrown wrote: »
    There'll be a 5% reduction in line with the other main welfare cuts.

    Is this due to come into affect from september or will there be a 5% reduction on the second and third installments of this college years grants??

    Im highly confused!!


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    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    youngco wrote: »
    Is this due to come into affect from september or will there be a 5% reduction on the second and third installments of this college years grants??
    The indications I've seen are that this reduction will apply from next month, reducing the remaining grant payments this college year. If you look at the costing summary for the Budget (here) it shows the same saving listed for 2010 as for a 'full year' which would confirm those indications.


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