If you come to Ireland from abroad and apply for any of the payments listed in Section 3, you may need to provide personal and employment records such as your passport, bank statements, details of benefit payments, utility (gas, telephone or electricity) bills, rent or mortgage agreements or receipts for local authority charges.
If you have been granted special permission to remain in Ireland (for example through refugee status or leave to remain on humanitarian grounds, as the parent of an Irish born child or under family reunification), you will also need to provide:
- an official letter to confirm your status, and
- a copy of your residency permit (Garda National Immigration Bureau card).
You are responsible for providing any documents requested by this Department in support of your claim.