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Susi-Student Contribution Charge or Maintenance Fee

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  • 06-06-2016 10:48am
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    Samurai12
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭


    Are there any cases within which SUSI will pay for both the Student Contribution charge and also maintenance fee. Income in my family is about €22,000 a year so woulld it be possible for me to get both or is it always one or the other.
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    BUBBLES1978
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭BUBBLES1978


    no if your income is about €22,000 you would be eligible for 100% student contribution fees and 100% maintenance

    if that income also includes an eligible payment for the special rate of grant you could be eligible for that too (its like a top up of the maintenance grant)

    the maintenance is only paid if you are not on BTEA you cant get both btea and maintanance...check out studentfinance.ie loads of info on there


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    Samurai12
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭Samurai12


    BUBBLES1978 wrote: »
    no if your income is about €22,000 you would be eligible for 100% student contribution fees and 100% maintenance

    if that income also includes an eligible payment for the special rate of grant you could be eligible for that too (its like a top up of the maintenance grant)

    the maintenance is only paid if you are not on BTEA you cant get both btea and maintanance...check out studentfinance.ie loads of info on there

    Thanks for the reply. So does that mean that if I am awarded the Maintenance fee, I can't be awarded the student contribution fee?


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    RoughSleeper
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭RoughSleeper


    Samurai12 wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply. So does that mean that if I am awarded the Maintenance fee, I can't be awarded the student contribution fee?

    No, you can be awarded both. What he meant was, if you're availing of BTEA (Back to Education Allowance) you cannot receive the maintenance grant. You can, however, still receive the contribution fee grant if you are getting BTEA.

    If you're not getting BTEA, you will (in all likelihood) receive both the maintenance grant and the student contribution grant based on your family's income.


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    LeGatsby
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭LeGatsby


    Do you have to apply for the full susi grant, including means testing if you are already applying for BTEA and just applying to Susi for the student contribution?

    Thanks


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    RoughSleeper
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭RoughSleeper


    LeGatsby wrote: »
    Do you have to apply for the full susi grant, including means testing if you are already applying for BTEA and just applying to Susi for the student contribution?

    Thanks

    Yes, on the application there's a question/section about BTEA. When your application is assessed, you will be awarded the contribution grant but not the maintenance grant.


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