PLC Bursary for Displaced Persons (Ukraine) Scheme 2024
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From: Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Published on: 16 August 2024
- Last updated on: 23 August 2024
- What the PLC Bursary for Displaced Persons (Ukraine) Scheme 2024 is
- How to qualify
- Rate of payment
- Payment Schedule
- Apply
- Further information
What the PLC Bursary for Displaced Persons (Ukraine) Scheme 2024 is
The PLC Bursary for Displaced Persons (Ukraine) Scheme is designed to provide financial help to people who want to study a Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) course and:
- are living in Ireland
- have been granted temporary protection (under section 60 of the International Protection Act 2015)
How to qualify
To qualify, you must:
- be living in Ireland
- have been granted temporary protection (under section 60 of the International Protection Act 2015)
- be taking part in an approved PLC course (see list of courses in PDF below)
- not be getting the Back to Education Allowance from the Department of Social Protection
- where you studied at PLC QQI level 5 in the 2023/24 academic year, you must be progressing to QQI level 6 in the 2024/25 academic year.
Rate of payment
The Bursary is payable at either the adjacent rate of €2,575 or non-adjacent rate of €6,115 for the academic year 2024/2025 in accordance with the criteria outlined below:
- The non-adjacent rate of bursary is payable to
(1) eligible students who provide evidence that their normal residence is 30km or more from the approved institution they are attending and
(2) eligible students who started year 1 of a 2 year PLC course in 2023-24 and are progressing into year 2 of that course in 2024-25.
- The adjacent rate of bursary shall be payable to eligible students in all other cases.
Payment Schedule
The bursary payable in respect of a month shall be one-ninth of the annual rate.
Eligible students who have been awarded funding under this scheme and who are confirmed as registered and attending their course, will receive their payments on the dates outlined below.
| Payment | Payment date |
| Payment 1 | 18 October 2024 |
| Payment 2 | 22 November 2024 |
| Payment 3 | 13 December 2024 |
| Payment 4 | 24 January 2025 |
| Payment 5 | 21 February 2025 |
| Payment 6 | 21 March 2025 |
| Payment 7 | 18 April 2025 |
| Payment 8 | 16 May 2025 |
| Payment 9 | 13 June 2025 |
Apply
To apply, fill out the form below and send it to the address below.
SUSI PLC Bursary
- Address:
- PO Box 12209, Freepost FDN7608 Dublin 4
- Email:
Please note
No postage stamps are necessary for delivery.
When SUSI has confirmed you are eligible to receive the bursary, return the mandate form below, by post to the same address.
Closing date for applications
Please submit your application no later than in the last calendar month of attendance by a student on an approved course to which the application relates.