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SUSI Mature dependent

  • 29-06-2014 8:28pm
    #1
    susidcu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi,

    I finished a degree recently and was on BTEA (social welfare).
    I live at home with parents who are both on social welfare pensions.

    I want to do a masters in september but cant do it unless all the fee (6000) is paid.
    For 2013 me and my parents social welfare add up to over 30000 euro, does this mean i can't get the special rate of SUSI grant to pay the 6000 masters fee?

    Thanks


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


    susidcu wrote: »
    Hi,

    I finished a degree recently and was on BTEA (social welfare).
    I live at home with parents who are both on social welfare pensions.

    I want to do a masters in september but cant do it unless all the fee (6000) is paid.
    For 2013 me and my parents social welfare add up to over 30000 euro, does this mean i can't get the special rate of SUSI grant to pay the 6000 masters fee?

    Thanks

    It depends - there are certain types of income that they disallow!

    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
    susidcu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭susidcu


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    It depends - there are certain types of income that they disallow!

    They might disregard the noncontributory pensions in the reckonable income?


  • #4
    susidcu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭susidcu


    c0rk3r wrote: »
    Its my understanding that your income will be disregarded leaving the household income as (52weeks x €188)x (mother +father) = €19,552


    that says designated not disregarded


  • #5
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    c0rk3r wrote: »
    http://www.susi.ie/Susi/media/Updated-docs-2014/Student-Grant-Scheme-2014_1.pdf

    Paģe 23 and Page 24 give you a list of what is counted and what is disregarded.

    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



  • #6
    susidcu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭susidcu


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Paģe 23 and Page 24 give you a list of what is counted and what is disregarded.

    i emailed susi and they say i'm not entitled to the special rate of grant :/


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