Course Participant Training Allowances
Effective: 01 January 2012
| Age Group |
Full-time € |
Part-time € |
| Course Participant Aged 16 - 17 years * |
40.00 |
23.00 |
| Course Participant Aged 18 Years and Over |
188.00 |
108.20 |
| Course Participant Aged 16 Years (In receipt of Disability Allowance) |
76.65 |
44.10 |
| Course Participant Aged 17 Years (In receipt of Disability Allowance) |
95.75 |
55.10 |
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| * These rates apply to new entrants only from 1 January 2012 excluding those in receipt of Disability Allowance. |
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Notes
Conditions specific to People with Disabilities
Notes
FÁS Training Allowance is not to be paid to new entrants not entitled to Job Seekers Benefit/Allowance.
These allowances are available for all FÁS courses with the exception of: Evening Courses; eCollege and Screen Training Ireland.
If a participant's social welfare entitlement exceeds the amount above, a training allowance equivalent to this entitlement will be paid on receipt of certified evidence, namely a completed 'Participant Allowance Entitlement' form.
A Training Bonus of €20.00 per week is payable to the following categories of people who were on, or commenced, a FÁS training course on or after 1 January 2011:-
- Persons in receipt of Jobseeker Benefit or Jobseeker Allowance for 12 months or more ; or
- Persons who progress to FÁS training having completed a minimum of 12 months on a Community Employment programme; or
- Persons who progress to FÁS training having completed a minimum of 12 months on the Job Initiative programme;
- Persons in receipt of Carer's Allowance for 12 months or more prior to participating on a FÁS training course (effective 1 January 2009).
Persons who have completed a minimum period of 12 months in a combination of the above categories (i.e. in receipt of Jobseeker Benefit/Allowance, on Community Employment or Job Initiative programmes) prior to progressing to a FÁS training course are eligible for the bonus.
If a persons Social Welfare allowance is lower than the standard allowance, FÁS will pay the standard allowance for the full duration of the course (except where trainees are on a part time course in which case they will receive the part-time allowance above).
Young people in receipt of a 16/17 year old allowance will not have to sign on during the course to qualify for the standard allowance when reaching 18 years.
A FÁS training allowance should be paid to those persons on Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) as it has been established that they are in need of financial assistance and they should not be penalised by the removal of their allowance should they attend a FÁS course. The payment of training allowances to those on SWA should be in accordance with the principles for persons on JA/JB.
