List of codes for social welfare payments
The Department of Social Protection has a range of social welfare payments that provide financial support. Each payment has its own code number for administrative purposes within the Department.
The code for your payment and your PPS number are combined to form your claim number which is written on your payment book.
| Code | Social welfare payment |
| 01 | State Pension (Contributory) |
| 02 | State Pension (Non-Contributory) |
| 03 | State Pension (Transition) |
| 05 | Widow's/Widower's (Contributory) Pension |
| 06 | Widow's/Widower's (Non-Contributory) Pension |
| 07 | Guardian's Payment (Contributory) |
| 08 | Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory) |
| 09 | Invalidity Pension |
| 10 | Deserted Wife's Benefit |
| 11 | Deserted Wife's Allowance |
| 13 | One-Parent Family Payment (Unmarried person) |
| 14 | Prisoner's Spouse Allowance (where claimant does not have dependent children) |
| 15 | Occupational Injuries Benefit |
| 16 | Fuel Allowance |
| 17 | Family Income Supplement |
| 20 | Child Benefit |
| 21 | Pre-Retirement Allowance |
| 22 | Carer's Allowance (where carer had been in receipt of Prescribed Relatives Allowance) |
| 23 | Carer's Allowance (where person cared for is aged under 66) |
| 24 | Carer's Allowance (where person cared for is aged over 66) |
| 25 | Prisoner's Spouse Allowance (with children) |
| 26 | Jobseeker's Benefit |
| 31 | Living Alone Increase |
| 34 | Jobseeker's Allowance and Farm Assist |
| 37 | Illness Benefit |
| 55 | Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
| 62 | Back to Work Allowance |
| 68 | Blind Person's Pension |
| 69 | Disability Allowance |
| 79 | One-Parent Family Payment |
| 80 | One-Parent Family (Widows) |
| 81 | Bereavement Grant |
Page updated: 8 March 2011
Related Documents
- Christmas Bonus payments of social welfare
The Christmas Bonus will not be paid in 2011. - Fuel Allowance
The National Fuel Scheme provides an allowance to low-income households that are unable to meet their heating needs. - The Upper Age Limits for claiming a Child Dependant Increase
The upper age limit for a qualified child varies according to each social welfare payment. The following table identifies the upper age limit for a Child Dependant Increase for each specified social welfare payment:
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