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BTEA/Maintenance grant/SW questions

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  • 03-11-2008 3:46pm
    #1
    BTM
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭


    Hi,

    I'm hoping to do a PLC course as a mature student in Bray next year.

    I have just finished up on a fixed term employment contract and signed on for SW in Limerick where I am currently living.

    I will probably move to somewhere within commuting distance to the college early next year so that the Maintenance Grant application will be easier (not sure how it would work if I was applying for the grant if I didn't know where I'd be living at the time of the course yet)

    When moving home, do you have to make a new claim for SW or can your details be transfered?

    To qualify for the BTEA I have to be claiming either Jobseekers Allowance or Benefit for at least 6 months. I plan on looking for work that will allow me to be on Jobseekers benifit.
    Can you turn down full time positions and not get cut off the Jobseekers Allowance on the grounds that it would mean you couln't claim BTEA when you go back? (i.e. do they give some leeway to people who plan to return to education, as if you were not doing so, you would be cut off if you couldn't prove you were seeking work)


    Thanks for your help

    Brian


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    #2
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Social Welfare take a very dim view of claimants mis-using the system to avail of BTEA. You are required to be actively seeking work.


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    #3
    BTM
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭BTM


    I hadn't considered it mis-using the system. I'm willing to work part time and keep the Jobseekers Allowance. I'm not trying to dodge work, I just couln't afford to go back to education without the BTEA.


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