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If you have any questions about this guide or you are still unsure if you have been in a partnership (having received professional advice), you should contact Scope Section of the Department of Social and Family Affairs or your local Revenue Office. In cases of any continuing doubt, a Scope Section Deciding Officer or your Revenue Office will look at the facts of your case and advise you on your status.

Scope Section
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Oisín House
212-213 Pearse Street
Dublin 2

Telephone: (01) 673 2585
Fax: (01) 673 2460
Email: mailto:scope@welfare.ie
Web: 'www.welfare.ie'

Local Revenue Office - details available at 'www.revenue.ie'

For information booklets, application forms and more information on social welfare services:

• Log on to 'www.welfare.ie'.
• Text to 51909 (see details below).
• LoCall Information Line at 1890 66 22 44 (from the Republic of Ireland only) or +353 71 91 93313 (from Northern Ireland or overseas).
• Drop in to your local Social Welfare Office or Citizens Information Centre.

Note:
The rates charged for using 1890 (LoCall) numbers may vary among different service providers.

Other useful booklets

• Code of Practice for determining Employment or Self-Employment status of Individuals
• Guide to Voluntary Contributions - SW 8
• Widow's or Widower's Contributory Pension - SW 25
• Invalidity Pension - SW 44
• Carer's Benefit - SW 49
• Social Welfare Appeals Office Appeals Hearings - SW 53
• Social Welfare Appeals Office An Introduction - SW 56
• Family Employments and PRSI - SW 102
• State Pension (Transition) State Pension (Contributory) - SW 118
• Illness Benefit SW - 119

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To request forms, text the form code followed by your name and address to 51909 (from the Republic of Ireland only). Standard text rates apply.

For example, if you wanted to request the Bereavement Grant form, text form bg Mary Murphy 1 New Street, Old Town, Co. Donegal.

Form codes for Social Welfare Schemes

Social welfare payment or scheme	Form code
Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance	FORM BTSCFA
Bereavement Grant	FORM BG
Carers Allowance	FORM CARA
Carers Benefit	FORM CARB
Child Benefit (Form CB1)	FORM CHILD
Disability Allowance	FORM DA
Domiciliary Care Allowance	FORM DCA
Family Income Supplement	FORM FIS
Free Travel	FORM TRAVEL
Fuel Allowance	FORM FUEL
Household Benefits	FORM HHB
Invalidity Pension	FORM INV
Living Alone Increase	FORM LAA
Maternity Benefit	FORM MAT
One Parent Family Payment	FORM OPFP
Respite Care Grant	FORM RCG
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	FORM SPNC
State Pension (Transition/Contributory)	FORM SPC
Widow(er)s Contributory Pension	FORM WCP
Widow(er)s Non-Contributory Pension	FORM WNCP