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    #92
    Long Term Louth
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭Long Term Louth


    Owryan wrote: »
    38yo heading back to school, have all my paperwork in with susi and am at the "pending course approval" . Been accepted for a lvl5 course in the Carlow inst for further ed.

    Just wondering what I need to do now, havent heard anything from susi ? Tbh not even sure if the course will qualify for a grant or not

    The course will qualify for the grant if you meet the conditions. Have you not applied for BTEA? You can check your application online with susi.


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    #93
    Kieran81
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭Kieran81


    to apply for a fuel allowance , would this be factored into your BTEA or SUSI or does it a require a seperate application . (full time level 6 course if that would make a difference?)


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    #94
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Kieran81 wrote: »
    to apply for a fuel allowance , would this be factored into your BTEA or SUSI or does it a require a seperate application . (full time level 6 course if that would make a difference?)

    completely separate application

    I don't think you would be eligible on BTEA though

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/extra_social_welfare_benefits/fuel_allowance.html

    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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    #95
    Kieran81
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭Kieran81


    mango salsa wrote: »
    completely separate application

    I don't think you would be eligible on BTEA though

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/extra_social_welfare_benefits/fuel_allowance.html

    i shouldn't have called it fuel allowance as that link was about home heating fuel , by calling it a fuel allowance , what i meant was petrol for travel to and from college


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    #96
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Kieran81 wrote: »
    i shouldn't have called it fuel allowance as that link was about home heating fuel , by calling it a fuel allowance , what i meant was petrol for travel to and from college

    You don't get that with SUSI or BTEA

    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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    #97
    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    Long Term Louth wrote: »
    The course will qualify for the grant if you meet the conditions. Have you not applied for BTEA? You can check your application online with susi.


    Are you sure, usually susi doesnt cover level 5+6 courses, which are basically fetac courses, no?


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    #98
    bush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,878 ✭✭✭bush


    Just had a look on my SUSI application and its on the final assessment phase and it says 3 weeks minimum. Does this mean it will be at least 3 weeks until I know and could be even longer?


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    #99
    Owryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,024 ✭✭✭Owryan


    gline wrote: »
    Are you sure, usually susi doesnt cover level 5+6 courses, which are basically fetac courses, no?

    When I applied I was told that some longterm sw payments could qualify for a maintenance payment on a lev. 5 course. But im getting conflicting info.


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    #100
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    gline wrote: »
    Are you sure, usually susi doesnt cover level 5+6 courses, which are basically fetac courses, no?

    You do get maintenance grants for plc courses but if you get btea you can't get a separate fee grant

    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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    #101
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Kieran81 wrote: »
    to apply for a fuel allowance , would this be factored into your BTEA or SUSI or does it a require a seperate application . (full time level 6 course if that would make a difference?)

    By the way you can get a travel allowance with VTOS but VTOS is very hard to get and most places on it are gone now.

    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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    #102
    Owryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,024 ✭✭✭Owryan


    mango salsa wrote: »
    You do get maintenance grants for plc courses but if you get btea you can't get a separate fee grant

    Thanks for clearing that up Mango Salsa, from what I ve been able to find out I can stay on DA and should be entitled to the maint grant . Hopefully thats the case as it ll just about cover childcare.


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    #103
    frogtoireland
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭frogtoireland


    Hi Folks,
    I am planning on returning to Ireland after four years in France, I previously attended a course in an IT but dropped out and it was more than five years ago. Do you think that I could get some kind of grant on acceptance, without this I would not be able to fund my studies. Any advice on applications, cover letter etc. any advice from anybody who has been in the same boat would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks!


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    #104
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    frogtoireland wrote: »
    Hi Folks,
    I am planning on returning to Ireland after four years in France, I previously attended a course in an IT but dropped out and it was more than five years ago. Do you think that I could get some kind of grant on acceptance, without this I would not be able to fund my studies. Any advice on applications, cover letter etc. any advice from anybody who has been in the same boat would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks!

    Your residency might be a problem

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/education/third_level_education/fees_and_supports_for_third_level_education/maintenance_grant_schemes_for_students_on_third_level_courses.html


    Residence

    You must have been legally resident in the State for 3 of the previous 5 years to qualify for a maintenance grant. However, if you are studying elsewhere in the EU for a recognised qualification, and you were resident in the State for 3 of the 5 years before starting that course, you satisfy this requirement. Find more details of this requirement on studentfinance.ie.

    If you fulfil all the criteria for a maintenance grant except for the residence condition in the State, you may still qualify for a fee grant or a postgraduate fee contribution as a ‘tuition student’.

    A tuition student is someone who fulfils all the conditions for a student grant except for residence in the State, but who has been resident in an EEA state or Switzerland for 3 of the last 5 years.The members of the EEA (the European Economic Area) are the member states of the EU, along with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.

    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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