If you are a widow or widower, aged 60 to 65 inclusive, and your late spouse was getting any Household Benefits allowance from this Department and at the time of their death you were permanently living together, you may now apply for the allowances in the Household Benefits Package.
You must get one of the following payments from the Department of Social Protection and satisfy the qualifying conditions on Section 2:
- State Pension (Transition) (payable at age 65)
- Widow's or Widower's Contributory Pension
- Widow's or Widower's Non-Contributory Pension
- One-Parent Family Payment (Widows or Widowers)
- Widow's or Widower's Pension under the Occupational Injuries Benefits Scheme
Or getting one of the following payments and satisfy the qualifying conditions in Section 2:
- an equivalent social security pension or benefit from a country covered by EC Regulations or from a country with which Ireland has a Bilateral Social Security Agreement or
- an ordinary Garda Widow's Pension from the Department of Justice and Law Reform.