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Refused grant , now what(options?)

  • 30-08-2010 10:58am
    #1
    gaytony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭


    I was refused the grant to pay my fees due to the fact that I was out of the country for 8 months working 2 years ago , so I didn't meet the 3 out of 5 years criteria. Is there any options open to me to get some financial help paying the fees?


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  • #2
    p28559
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭p28559


    if have to have lived in ireland for 36 months of out the last 60...if you were gone for 8 you still qualify provided you can prove it....appeal the decision..on the basis of your post the wrong decision was made.


  • #3
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,157 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    gaytony wrote: »
    I was refused the grant to pay my fees due to the fact that I was out of the country for 8 months working 2 years ago , so I didn't meet the 3 out of 5 years criteria. Is there any options open to me to get some financial help paying the fees?

    appeal this - it looks to me like you lived 52 out of 60 months which is well over the 3 out of 5 years criteria otherwise

    Possible sources of financial assistance would be

    Vincent dePaul
    Student Assistance Fund (enquire in the college)
    Local Partnership Organisation - e.g. Bray Partnership or Fingal Leader Partnership
    Credit Union Loan

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #4
    youngmoney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭youngmoney


    seems like absolute horsesh!t as usual , duin their absolute damndest to make sure you dont get it... increasing the term "re entry" from one year to 3 years , etc etc this residence thing is new also.... so you fulfill the criteria but cant get it because you left for 8 months??!! what an absolute pile of cock.. theyd rather you stay trapped here on the dole, so THEN you might get your grant to try and better yourself, god forbid you'd leave the confines of this crappy country for EIGHT WHOLE MONTHS, in which time you were probably working!!! honestly this country is an absolute joke.


  • #5
    alison1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭alison1234


    I have been trying to find a partnership fund in dublin 8 for ages now but cant? Any Ideas?
    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    appeal this - it looks to me like you lived 52 out of 60 months which is well over the 3 out of 5 years criteria otherwise

    Possible sources of financial assistance would be

    Vincent dePaul
    Student Assistance Fund (enquire in the college)
    Local Partnership Organisation - e.g. Bray Partnership or Fingal Leader Partnership
    Credit Union Loan


  • #6
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,157 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    alison1234 wrote: »
    I have been trying to find a partnership fund in dublin 8 for ages now but cant? Any Ideas?

    Google it - I did and I got this!

    http://www.canalpartnership.com/

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #7
    alison1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭alison1234


    Ya i did that and phoned them and they said they dont have any education funding :(
    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    Google it - I did and I got this!

    http://www.canalpartnership.com/


  • #8
    p28559
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭p28559


    youngmoney wrote: »
    seems like absolute horsesh!t as usual , duin their absolute damndest to make sure you dont get it... increasing the term "re entry" from one year to 3 years , etc etc this residence thing is new also.... so you fulfill the criteria but cant get it because you left for 8 months??!! what an absolute pile of cock.. theyd rather you stay trapped here on the dole, so THEN you might get your grant to try and better yourself, god forbid you'd leave the confines of this crappy country for EIGHT WHOLE MONTHS, in which time you were probably working!!! honestly this country is an absolute joke.


    aside from my earlier post the op should appeal what seems like a harsh decision.................but in general i dont see why someone who has not lived in ireland for 3 years should get a state aided grant given that the country is broke. i am making the assumption that the applicant might not have a long work history either and therefore wouldnt have paid much in the way of tax.....i stress i am not referring to the op


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