Cat 2a |
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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 (1)
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, Community and Family Affairs.
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 Science. |
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Cat 2b |
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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 (2) 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, Community and Family Affairs.
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 Science. |
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| Cat 3 |
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Persons not in Cat 2a who are unwaged and with less than upper second level education e.g. persons not in the labour force |
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Reduction of tuition fees to a level of 30%
Training allowances will not be paid |
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