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Back To Education Allowance - Age Restrictions

  • 30-08-2013 3:07pm
    #1
    CallMeFlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I know that the age restrictions for BTEA say you have to be over 21 when the course starts but can this rule be bent in any way? I will be 21 in February, has anyone heard of or know somebody who they let have it even though they didn't quite meet the age restrictions or is there no way around it at all?

    I'm going to ring up Social Welfare on Monday morning to ask them but if anybody has any information on it before then that would be great.


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  • #2
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    The age limits are rigorously applied.

    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.

    If you are aged 18 or over (over 24 for the post graduate option) and getting Blind Pension, Disability Allowance, Invalidity Pension or Incapacity Supplement for the required period (3 or 9 months) you may qualify. The Allowance has also been extended to people with disabilities who have left Community Employment schemes and who, when beginning the scheme, were not getting a qualifying social welfare payment. In this case, you must begin the course within 4 weeks of finishing the scheme.     http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/back_to_education/back_to_education_allowance.html


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