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Switching back to BTEA from Jobseekers after summer break

  • 29-09-2012 10:07am
    #1
    Decade of Decadence
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 91 ✭✭


    Hi guys

    Am back in college after the summer break and when I went to get my weekly payment, the receipt said Jobseekers Allowance, so I got a letter of enrolement for the academic year from college and dropped it into the social welfare as proof and they informed me that I was already on BTEA even though the recipet says otherwise, basically saying it all falls under the same umbrella now.

    Is this correct?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Did you receive a letter from social welfare stating that your payment has been switched?


  • #3
    Decade of Decadence
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 91 ✭✭Decade of Decadence


    brembo26 wrote: »
    Did you receive a letter from social welfare stating that your payment has been switched?

    Nope, no letter

    Woman in social welfare said that it showed up in her computer as BTEA. My receipt says Jobseekers so I am unsure:-/


  • #4
    WesternNight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭WesternNight


    Decade of Decadence wrote: »
    Nope, no letter

    Woman in social welfare said that it showed up in her computer as BTEA. My receipt says Jobseekers so I am unsure:-/

    It's fine, I found the same thing. It's the same payment, just a different name. They have your registration confirmation, so you shouldn't have any problems.


  • #5
    Decade of Decadence
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 91 ✭✭Decade of Decadence


    WesternNight wrote: »
    It's fine, I found the same thing. It's the same payment, just a different name. They have your registration confirmation, so you shouldn't have any problems.

    Ahh thanks for clearing that up :)

    Guessing we'll still receive the laptop grant around the end of October/early November like the last couple of years?

    Thinks its been cut from 600e to 300e though :(


  • #6
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Twas €500 last year?


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  • #7
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Balls, in addition to your weekly BTEA payment, you also get an annual Cost of Education Allowance, which is paid at the start of each academic year. The Cost of Education Allowance is €300 in 2012.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/back_to_education/back_to_education_allowance.html


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