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BACK TO SCHOOL
Contact Joanna:
Helping ToMeet The Costs
JOANNA TUFFY TD
BACK TO SCHOOLCLOTHING ANDFOOTWEARALLOWANCE
Working with Joanna Tuffy TD
Robert Dowds TD01 618 [email protected]
Cllr. Breeda Bonner01 414 9248 [email protected]
Cllr. Caitríona Jones087 203 [email protected]
Cllr. Eamon Tuffy086 386 [email protected]
Dáil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Dáil Office: (01) 6183822
Constituency Office: (01) 6218400
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.joannatuffy.ie
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Joanna Tuffy TD
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Dáil Office: (01) 6183822
Constituency Office: (01) 6218400
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.joannatuffy.ie
The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance helps you meet the cost of uniforms and footwearfor children going to school.
In 2012 the Department of Social Protection will pay this allowance automatically to a large number ofqualified people.
This means that many families do not have to apply for the payment. If you received this payment lastyear and your circumstances have not changed you should have received a letter by 20 June 2012 statingwhen and how your allowance will be paid. If you haven’t received this notification letter and are eligiblefor the allowance, you should make an application.
Your child must be aged between 4-22 on or before 30 September. If they are aged between 18-22 theymust be in full-time education in a recognised school or college.
If you do not receive an automatic payment you must apply for the Allowance. Applications must bereceived before the end of September.
You may qualify for the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance if you are:
l Getting a social welfare payment (including Family Income Supplement) or a Health Service Executivepayment, or
l Taking part in an approved employment scheme (back to work scheme) including JobBridge, orl Taking part in a recognised education or training course, orl Involved in an Area Partnership Scheme, or l Attending a FAS, Fáilte Ireland or LES training scheme
The qualifying payments are listed on the Department of Social Protection's website. Application formsare available in all social welfare local offices and online at www.welfare.ie. You can also request a form bytexting FORM BTSCFA followed by your address to 51909.
Back To School: Helping To Meet The Costs
Did you know a grant scheme is available for students in primary and post-primary schools to help with the cost of school books?
Three-quarters of all primary schools and over half of all second level schoolsoperate book rental schemes to help reduce the cost of books for parents.Other schools use the grant to help low-income families purchase books.Minister for Education & Skills Ruairi Quinn has ring-fenced the €15 millionbudget for school book grants for the coming 2012/13 school year. We are alsopublishing guidelines on how school communities can set up and run schoolbook rental schemes, to help reduce the costs for parents. Speak to yourPrincipal to see how the grant is administered in your children’s school.
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