Training Allowance
The City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) provides various financial supports in the form of allowances to assist participants attending Shaping Futures, these include:
- A weekly training allowance*
- Travel Allowance
- Meal Allowance
- Accomodation allowance (where applicable)
- Childcare allowance (where applicable)
* The weekly training allowance is equivalent to the DEASP BTEA rate of €220.00 (plus qualified adult and child, where applicable). If a participant's personal Social Welfare entitlement exceeds the weekly training allowance, a training allowance equivalent to their personal entitlement will be paid.
Allowances, as below, will be paid to participants who have a personal entitlement in one of the following categories:
- Jobseekers Allowance - Training allowance plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Jobseekers Benefit - Training allowance plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) - Training allowance plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Occupational Injuries Benefit - Training allowance plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Disability Allowance or Blind Pension - Training allowance plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- One Parent Family Payment - Retain payment plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Deserted Wife Benefit - Retain payment plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Widows/Widowers Pension - Retain payment plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Illness Benefit & Invalidity Pension - Retain payment plus Travel & Meal Allowance
- Dependant on Partner's Claim - Travel & Meal Allowance only
- Credits Only - Travel & Meal Allowance only
For further information on training allowances please contact Michelle in the Learning Hub on 01-2678760 or by email training3@inou.ie.