Galway County Council grants?

millivanilli

Just wondering if anyone who is already approved for a grant from Galway coco has received theirs yet. I was told by the council that some grants had been issued at the start of the week and the rest would be issued by this Friday the 28th, but when I went to fees office in college they still had a sign up saying Galway grants not in. I didn't have time to q and didn;t want to bother queing for half an hour just to be told they aren't in. Has anyone got theirs from Galway yet??

RolandIRL

http://www.nuigalway.ie/fees/June_2011/grants2.html

Not on the list there so they mustn't be in. It's about the only page on the college website that's actually kept up to date.

musical.x

500 of them are in now. you have to check your ppsn on the grant page to see if your check is there or not

reap-a-rat

musical.x wrote: »

500 of them are in now. you have to check your ppsn on the grant page to see if your check is there or not

Hey, how do you do this? Link please (to save disappointment :P )

musical.x

reap-a-rat wrote: »

Hey, how do you do this? Link please (to save disappointment :P )

here you go http://www.nuigalway.ie/fees/June_2011/grants2.html

reap-a-rat

musical.x wrote: »

here you go http://www.nuigalway.ie/fees/June_2011/grants2.html

Oh savage, thanks! DING DING DING DING

millivanilli

500 only in and there's only 4 weeks til end of semester such a headwreck unfortunately i'm one of the 1500 people still waiting:mad:

KittyeeTrix

millivanilli wrote: »

500 only in and there's only 4 weeks til end of semester such a headwreck unfortunately i'm one of the 1500 people still waiting:mad:

Same here

Trigger88

It's an absolute joke i'm in DCU no sign of it and im out of money ages ago have been loaning money off people. Can't even afford a bus home or credit to freak at them on the phone

RolandIRL

Trigger88 wrote: »

It's an absolute joke i'm in DCU no sign of it and im out of money ages ago have been loaning money off people. Can't even afford a bus home or credit to freak at them on the phone

I don't know what it would be like in DCU, but there might be some sort of Student Assistant Fund that you could apply for that might help ease the burden.

Try asking in the DCU forum, they'll likely be able to help you
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=471

and welcome to boards. Hope you enjoy it here

Trigger88

Roland Deschain wrote: »

I don't know what it would be like in DCU, but there might be some sort of Student Assistant Fund that you could apply for that might help ease the burden.

Try asking in the DCU forum, they'll likely be able to help you
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=471

and welcome to boards. Hope you enjoy it here

Thanks and no you have to have applied by October for that only found out the last day when i ran out of money

aramush

How many times is this grant usually paid out during the year?

RolandIRL

Trigger88 wrote: »

Thanks and no you have to have applied by October for that only found out the last day when i ran out of money

If you have a Bank of Ireland account, you could try getting a grant advance from them. I'm not sure do other banks do this, but BoI definitely do. You don't have to pay any interest on it afaik

aramush wrote: »

How many times is this grant usually paid out during the year?

3 times in total. First one's in October/November, second usually comes out around January/February, and the final one comes at the end of the year (start of May iirc)

Trigger88

Roland Deschain wrote: »

If you have a Bank of Ireland account, you could try getting a grant advance from them. I'm not sure do other banks do this, but BoI definitely do. You don't have to pay any interest on it afaik

3 times in total. First one's in October/November, second usually comes out around January/February, and the final one comes at the end of the year (start of May iirc)

I went into my local BOI as I have done it before at a previous college. They said they had no idea what it was. Gave me a form and i pointed out that grant advance for a box i had ticked on the form. They still said they had no idea and said they would sent it to my bank and i would get a call in a few days. It's been 3 weeks

spoiledvote

When does the second instalment of the grant usually come in?

RolandIRL

end of January or start of February usually. Depends on the county council though. Some are a bit more slow than others :rolleyes:

Skopzz

As far as last year, the grants were only starting to come on stream in late march, at least for my friends.

spoiledvote

Skopzz wrote: »

As far as last year, the grants were only starting to come on stream in late march, at least for my friends.

For the second instalment?:eek: Thats a disgrace if that's the case. It'll be hard to survive the next few weeks if thats the case

the keen edge

RolandIRL wrote: »

end of January or start of February usually. Depends on the county council though. Some are a bit more slow than others :rolleyes:

+1

Last year Galway coco issued the 2nd installment of the grant late January/early February.

Giller44

Galway Co Co are tweeting on their web page...

GalwayStudents @cenright10 - As per previous tweets, the 2nd round of student grants cheques should be available in NUIG week commencing 23rd January 2012

What exactly does "should be" mean?

the keen edge

Has anyone had any luck with collecting the 2nd installment?.

I think cheques are due to be in this week.

Giller44

I have a keen interest in the delivery of 2nd instalment maintenance cheques to the Grant's Office of NUIG. We have already been passed as grant recipients and have received our 1st instalment in late October 2011. Why do we have to wait until week 3 (or perhaps week 4) of Semester 2 to receive what has already been "means tested" and awarded to us on grounds of financial means. Galway Co Co twittered last week that they will be with NUIG on 23rd. It's Thursday night 26th and the Grant's Office @ NUIG don't even have them yet and wait for it... According to Staff there @ NUIG it will take them a day or two to do their "work on them" before they can be released for signature and collection. I spoke with staff at the Grants Office today and they said when they get them in they are in alphabetical order by first name. Last year they were in surname order and released by signing on a page allotted... Wonder really when will they be in?????????????

Marto10

Still no sign of them, Now told we will have to wait until thurs or friday. Ya they're two weeks late! Bloody joke so it is.

KittyeeTrix

Marto10 wrote: »

Still no sign of them, Now told we will have to wait until thurs or friday. Ya they're two weeks late! Bloody joke so it is.

Goodness, considering it was tweeted over a week ago that they'd be here from the 23rd it's fairly dragging out now:(

muchacho

I asked the guy at fees and grand desk in aras ui chathail, he said they be in between 3 and 4 today.

KittyeeTrix

muchacho wrote: »

I asked the guy at fees and grand desk in aras ui chathail, he said they be in between 3 and 4 today.

Sound Muchacho, You might post back here after 3pm if that indeed turns out to be true:)

KittyeeTrix

http://www.nuigalway.ie/fees/June_2011/grants2.html

Some of the Galway grant cheques are in

muchacho

Yes indeed, the cheques are in. Got mine today

KittyeeTrix

I checked my PPSN and will be pottering over to collect mine tomorrow, thanks be to all the Gods:D

musical.x

i think the majority of them are in now but beware of the queue it gets really hectic in there. they had a separate line for galway co co the day i was in and it was going down the stairs by the time they brought out the list. i would recommend going in around 9:30 (no joke!)

ethernet

"All future payments of Student Grants will issue by means of Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) direct to the Student's nominated Bank Account"
(https://twitter.com/#!/GalwayStudents/status/165442620770881537)

About time!

reap-a-rat

Or just go on a Friday if you can. No queue at all

KittyeeTrix

reap-a-rat wrote: »

Or just go on a Friday if you can. No queue at all

Good plan there reap-a rat:)