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Am I entitled to anything?

  • 13-10-2010 11:11pm
    #1
    baldshin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭


    I have recently gone back to education following full time work for 2 years. However I've done a degree before, and this course is 2 levels below the degree. The course is 18 hours a week, and I am only getting 10 or so hours in work(had been promised more but it's not happening). So I'm having to live on less than 100euro a week including rent of 60!
    I'm 23 and have been paying prsi since the age of 16.
    I was just wondering if I am entitled to any welfare?


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  • #2
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    Full-time education (I assume) therefore you're not entitled to jobseekers.
    You were in employment therefore you're not entitled to BTEA. Also not entitled because you already have a degree.

    The only thing you may have been eligible for was a grant. You wouldn't be entitled to social welfare.


  • #3
    desolate sun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭desolate sun


    tenchi-fan wrote: »
    Full-time education (I assume)

    No they said the course was 18 hours a week.
    OP I think you may be entitled to Part time Education which means you can do your course and still hold onto your benefits. But if you are offered a job you must give up your course.
    Not sure how many hours you can do but have a chat with them anyway. You must fill in the same form as the BTEA form. It doesnt matter that you are doing something that's below your degree.


  • #4
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    desolate sun wrote: »
    No they said the course was 18 hours a week.
    That can be full-time. It depends on the hours. If the 18 hours are scattered over 5 days between the hours 9-5 it's a full-time course and they would prevent the op from taking up a full-time job.


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