You can get an application form, NFS1, from any post office, your local Social Welfare Office or by text request (see Section 11).
If you are getting a payment from the Department of Social Protection and you have not already received an application form, complete and send form NFS1 to the appropriate Section, as listed below.
| If you are getting: |
Send your completed form to: |
- Invalidity Pension
- Pre-Retirement Allowance
- Disability Allowance
- Incapacity Supplement
|
Social Welfare Services
Ballinalee Road
Longford
LoCall: 1890 927 770 (from Republic of Ireland only) |
| If you are getting: |
Send your completed form to: |
- Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension
- Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension
- Deserted Wife's Benefit or Allowance
- State Pension (Contributory) or (Non-Contributory)
- State Pension (Transition)
- Blind Pension
- Prisoner's Wife's Allowance
- One-Parent Family Payment
- Guardian's Payment (Contributory)
- Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory)
|
Social Welfare Services
Pension College Road
Sligo
LoCall: 1890 500 000 (from Republic of Ireland only) |
| If you are getting: |
Apply at: |
- Long-term Jobseeker's Allowance
- Farm Assist
|
Your Local Social Welfare Office |
| If you are getting: |
Apply at: |
- Basic Supplementary Allowance
|
Your Local Department of Social Protection administering Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
If you are getting a payment from the Health Service Executive, you should apply at your local Department of Social Protection office administering Supplementary Welfare Allowance.
If you are getting a social security payment from a country covered by EC Regulations or a Bilateral Social Security Agreement with Ireland, complete application form NFS1 and send it to:
National Fuel Scheme Section
Social Welfare Services
College Road
Sligo
LoCall: 1890 500 000 (from Republic of Ireland only).
Important: If you are getting a payment from another country and you are living with a person getting an Irish social welfare payment who is also eligible for the Fuel Allowance, the person getting the Irish social welfare payment should apply.