Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
If you are 21 or over and receiving a Social Welfare payment* or credits for at least six months, you can return to education at no cost under the Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme(VTOS). You will be paid a weekly VTOS Training allowance equivalent to your social welfare payment, your books will be provided, you will get a weekly meal allowance and you may qualify for a travel allowance. VTOS students who have been unemployed for over one year may get an extra €31.80 social welfare bonus.
Social welfare payments that may qualify for VTOS:
- Unemployment Assistance/Benefit
- One Parent Family Allowance
- Disability Benefit/Allowance
- Lone Parents over 21 years in receipt of Lone Parents Allowance for one year or longer retain their Lone Parents Allowance, get an extra €31.80 per week and may be eligible for a crèche allowance.
- Widowed Person's allowance
- You are also eligible if you are the husband, wife or partner of someone receiving assistance/benefit.
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