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Back to education pay? (BTEI)

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  • 13-12-2012 1:46pm
    #1
    Dw2012
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi I'm currently doing a fetac level 4 in FAS, I'm finished this summer and would like to do a PLC in either law or media.
    I'm 20 and Iv been out of school the past 2 years and have been doing this fas course for this period.

    Iv heard of a back to education allowance, does anyone know how I go about this? Or can anyone point me to any websites that has relevant information about this?

    Thanks,
    Much appreciated :)
    Dylan


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    You might be a bit young. Check with your Labour exchange and they will fill you in. You might be able to get a SUSI grant instead. You could check out http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/BackToEducation/Pages/default.aspx

    or

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


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    tylercheribini
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    you must be 23 or over i.e a mature student


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,980 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    tylercheribini wrote: »
    you must be 23 or over i.e a mature student

    I don't think this is true. Have you got a link?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    [Deleted User]
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    Age limits
    To qualify for the Back to Education Allowance, you must be at least 21 years of age. You must be 24 for a third-level postgraduate course.

    However, if you are getting Jobseeker's Allowance, Jobseeker's Benefit or One-Parent Family Payment for the required period (3 or 9 months), are aged between 18 and 20 and have been out of the formal education system for at least 2 years you may qualify.


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