BTEA and work

Martron

Am i allowed to work and claim BTEA?

also do i have to notify the BTEA when i finish college?

The Lovely Muffin

Martron wrote: »

Am i allowed to work and claim BTEA?

also do i have to notify the BTEA when i finish college?

I don't know for sure about working while on BTEA, I thought you could work part-time, but now I am unsure as I cannot find that information on the Citizen Information website. You maybe phone your local Social Welfare office and ask them?

Yes you do have to have notify the BTEA when you finish college. As that payment is only for those who are in college, if you are not in college then you are not entitled to claim BTEA.

Martron

i am not going to try and claim anything i am not entitled to.

was just wondering as its coming to the end of my college term and wondering what the procedure is.

is the end of college classed as the end of classtime or the end of exams?

i have tried finding information on it but cant seem to.

Balagan

It's a while after last exam. Your college/faculty can give you the finishing date for your particular academic year in writing and if you don't hear from the Social Welfare, take that document to them before the relevant finishing date.


SWLO's will contact, in March/April of each year, BTEA participants who were previously in receipt of an unemployment payment to determine their intentions for the new academic year. Participants will also be requested to supply the date of last attendance for the current academic year. Payment of the allowance will continue to this date.

Failure to notify the Department of intentions in respect of the forthcoming academic year will result in the immediate suspension of the Back to Education Allowance.

BTEA participants who are progressing to the next year of their course or who are progressing in second level or third level undergraduate qualifications will have their BTEA reinstated from the commencement of the new academic year irrespective of whether they were in receipt of an unemployment payment for the summer period. All participants must supply written confirmation from school/college/institute that they have registered as a full-time day student for the new academic year.
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/OperationalGuidelines/pages/bte_all.aspx

You are allowed to work during the academic year while in receipt of BTEA. If you don't find work during the Summer, you can apply for Jobseekers Allowance, or Jobseekers Benefit if you are entitled to it.

Balagan

It says you can do part time work (while on BTEA during academic year) in some info but no specific amount of hours are given.
Earnings from part-time employment do not affect the basic BTEA payment.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YrWRG7zV9EAJ:www.welfare.ie/EN/Publications/SW70/Pages/ABacktoEducationAllowanceBTEA.aspx+part+time+work+while+on+BTEA&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&source=www.google.ie

Martron

found a number and rang the BTEA office. Nobody there could give me a clear answer either.

i think i will just ring the local office when i start and tell them what i am doing and let them decide.

Martron

rang the local office.

a polite woman answered told her the situation.

she rang back and said that if i was able to work without it affecting my college attendance i would have been able to keep the allowance.

just for all your own records. Ring your local office and they will determine whether you should or should not be on the allowance.

Honesty is the best policy!

Balagan

SW don't actually advise on amount of hours you can work while on BTEA but, of course, routinely demand confirmation from the college of your attendance and if that is not confirmed, then BTEA ends.