For more information on Adoptive Benefit, contact your local Social Welfare Office or Adoptive Benefit Section at the address in Section 16.
For information booklets, application forms and more information on social welfare services:
You can get extra information about parental leave and your rights under the Maternity Protection Act, Parental Leave Act and Adoptive Leave Act from:
The Equality Authority
2 Clonmel Street
Dublin 2
LoCall: 1890 245 545 (from the Republic of Ireland only)
+353 1 4173336 (from Northern Ireland or overseas)
Website: 'www.equality.ie'
Note:
The rates charged for using 1890 (LoCall) numbers may vary among different service providers.
Other useful booklets:
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/Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension |
FORM WCP |
| Widow(er)’s/Surviving Civil Partner’s Non-Contributory Pension |
FORM WNCP |