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Student Funding Categories under B.T.E.I. Part-time Programmes
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Category |
Participant Eligibility |
Participant Entitlements |
Cat 2a |
Persons entitled to, or dependants of persons entitled to
- a medical card;
- an unemployment payment;
- a means-tested welfare payment;
- a Family Income Supplement Payment
and with less than upper second level education
Persons eligible to take part in full-time courses under VTOS, Youthreach or Traveller Training Programmes and with less than upper second level education
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Free tuition
Continued welfare payment is subject to satisfying the conditions of the Department of Social Protection
Training allowances will not be paid in the education sector. The exception to this is persons who are Youthreach or Traveller eligible who may not have an underlying welfare entitlement and who may be paid a pro-rata training allowance funded by the Department of Education and Skills
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Cat 2b |
Persons entitled to, or dependants of persons entitled to
- a medical card;
- an unemployment payment;
- a means-tested welfare payment;
- a Family Income Supplement Payment
and who have completed upper second level education
Persons eligible to take part in full-time courses under VTOS, Youthreach or Traveller Training Programmes and who have completed upper second level education
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Free tuition
Continued welfare payment is subject to satisfying the conditions of the Department of Social Protection
Training allowances will not be paid in the education sector. The exception to this is persons who are Youthreach or Traveller eligible who may not have an underlying welfare entitlement and who may be paid a pro-rata training allowance funded by the Department of Education and Skills
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Cat 3 |
All persons with less than upper second level education who are not treated under Cat. 2a e.g. persons not in the labour force, persons in employment |
Free Tuition
Training allowances will not be paid
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Upper Second Level Education: the person has achieved 5 Ds in the Leaving Certificate or equivalent. Education levels mentioned above are those on starting the programme and need not dictate the programme content e.g. it is open to those with basic education levels to pursue modules at FETAC Level 5, provided that the content and pace of the programme are appropriate to their needs.
Youthreach eligible: young people aged 15-20 who left school early with minimal or no qualifications e.g. less than 5 Ds in the Junior Certificate or equivalent. Traveller eligible: as per Youthreach but with no upper age limit. VTOS eligible: adults aged 21 or over who are at least six months unemployed. Dependant spouses, lone parents and persons with certain disability payments who fulfil these criteria are also eligible.
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