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Grant...any other financial support?

  • 05-07-2010 9:40am
    #1
    flips
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭


    Hi,

    I am returning to college full time to do a one year add on course get a Level 8 qualification. I will be leaving a full time job in August (have been working full time for just over 5 years) to go back to college. I am applying for the maintenace grant but don't think I qualify for anything else because I wasn't claiming any social welfare payment? This seems so unfair, the people who work are being punished while others who don't bother working get the Back to Ed allowance. I know not everyone is like that but where is the incentive to try get a job if you can go back to college all paid for if you are unemployed for 12 months?

    Is there anything else I would be entitled to? I'm single and will be paying a reduced rent from Sept (living with friends, landlord is a friend)


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  • #2
    sassypsych
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭sassypsych


    Whether youare entitled to a maintenance grant or not doesn't depend on whether you were recieveing social welfare. It is means tested which means you could be entitled to a grant if you were earning under a certain ammount.

    If you go studentfinance.ie and click on maintenance grant it will tell you the income limits and how much you may be entitled to.


  • #3
    flips
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭flips


    Hi Sassypsych,

    Sorry I was half ranting, I should have made myself clearer. I know I'm entitled to the maintenance grant, my issue is that I am not entitled to the special top up grant because i wasn't receiving a social welfare payment. I only realised this over the weekend. I thought once the income was below a certain level you got the top up grant. I thought I would qualify seeing as I will have no other income from Sept but I won't!


  • #4
    Crow92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Crow92


    I'm not being smart but isn't the top-up if your earning less than like 22,000 euro a year?

    If your making more than that I'm sure the extra thousand or so couldn't be that much of a loss??


  • #5
    flips
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭flips


    Hi Crow92,

    The top up grant is an additional €3,105. I am earning €28000 per year and it will be less than that this year because i will leaving my job next month.


  • #6
    Crow92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Crow92


    flips wrote: »
    Hi Crow92,

    The top up grant is an additional €3,105. I am earning €28000 per year and it will be less than that this year because i will leaving my job next month.

    Oh I thought you were talking about the adjecent rate, sorry.


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