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Back To Education allowance

  • 12-07-2013 11:18am
    #1
    haywire1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭


    Hi, I have a question about the BEA allowance. I am not on an age-related social welfare payment. Im in receipt of €188 per week and have applied for BEA for my course which starts in September.

    As a new applicant, will my Back to Education allowance be €160 per week or would I continue to get €188?

    Any help would be great
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    haywire1989 wrote: »
    Hi, I have a question about the BEA allowance. I am not on an age-related social welfare payment. Im in receipt of €188 per week and have applied for BEA for my course which starts in September.

    As a new applicant, will my Back to Education allowance be €160 per week or would I continue to get €188?

    Any help would be great
    Thanks


    188

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/back_to_education/back_to_education_allowance.html
    Since 1 January 2013, if you are a new BTEA participant aged over 25 your weekly BTEA rate will be equal to your previous social protection payment (the payment that qualified you for participation in the scheme). I

    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



  • #3
    MarkyMark22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭MarkyMark22


    mango salsa wrote: »
    188

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

    Sorry to hijack the thread, mango salsa. Just a quick question.

    I noticed new applicants under the age of 25 are getting €160 from this year.

    I'm just wondering, if I did a fetac course during the 12/13 year whilst receiving BTEA and progress into a level 7/8 course for the 13/14 year, would I be considered a new applicant because I'm progressing into a new course or will I be deemed as an existent applicant? Thanks for any help..


  • #4
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    MarkyMark22 wrote: »
    Sorry to hijack the thread, mango salsa. Just a quick question.

    I noticed new applicants under the age of 25 are getting €160 from this year.

    I'm just wondering, if I did a fetac course during the 12/13 year whilst receiving BTEA and progress into a level 7/8 course for the 13/14 year, would I be considered a new applicant because I'm progressing into a new course or will I be deemed as an existent applicant? Thanks for any help..

    Im not sure - you need to check with DSP

    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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