LEAVING MY JOB TO DO A FAS COURSE - ENTITLEMENTS

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Hi there,

I am asking on behalf of someone else who has a part-time job of 20hours per week. Mon-Fri (4hrs a day) and hence cannot claim for jobseekers allowance to support her income as she works more than 3 days a week.

She is seriously fed up and bored in her job and has not much experience with computers. She worked in an office for 15 years before going into retail for the last 10 years and hence computers have passed her out.

She wants to get back into an office environment but feels she lacks the computer skills necessary and wants to do an ECDL/OFFICE MANAGMENT/MICROSOFT OFFICE SPECIALIST type course with FAS on a full-time day basis.

It says the training allowances are €188 for those over 18 on a full-time day course but her worry is that she won't be entitled to this as she will be leaving her job to commence the course, can any shed any light on this situation for her please?

Thanks in advance for any help.

mp22

Since January 2010, unemployed people who start a FÁS course do not get a training allowance when they start a FÁS course unless they are entitled to a qualifying payment, such as Jobseeker's Allowance or Jobseeker's Benefit. You can read more details in our document on FÁS training allowances.

From here http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/education/vocational_education_and_training/fas_training_programmes_and_supports/fas_training_courses.html

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Thanks for those links