How do I qualify?

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You will qualify if you:

are widowed or a surviving civil partner,
or
are divorced from your late spouse/civil partner (as recognised in this State) and have not remarried, or have had a civil partnership dissolved and have not registered in a new civil partnership,
and
you are not cohabiting (that is, living with someone as husband and wife or as civil partners),
and
satisfy the PRSI contribution conditions,
or
your late spouse/civil partner got a certain rate State Pension (Transition) or a certain rate State Pension (Contributory) which included an increase for you as a qualified adult or would have included this increase but for the fact that you were getting a State Pension (Non- Contributory), a Blind Pension or a Carer's Allowance in your own right.

Last Updated: 10/01/2011 12:27

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