HomeCaring Periods Application Form (HCP1)

Published date24 November 2021
IssuerDepartment of Social Protection
Page 1
Application form for
HomeCaring Periods
Data Classification R
Social Welfare Services
HCP 1
What are HomeCaring periods?
A HomeCaring Period is the name for a period of time when you were not employed, including self-
employment, in receipt of a social welfare payment, or otherwise signing on for credits because you
were providing full-time care for:
a child or children under 12 years,
a child or children over 12 years who needed an increased level of care, or
an adult who needed an increased level of care.
What is the di󰀨erence between the Homemaker’s Scheme and the HomeCaring
Periods Scheme?
The HomeCaring Periods scheme applies to anyone who was born on or after the 1st of September
1946 and spent time out of the workforce as a home carer.
The Homemaker’s Scheme is a disregard for any periods spent as a Homemaker since 6 April 1994
onwards and applies to the yearly average method of calculating the State Contributory Pension only.
When can I apply for the HomeCaring periods scheme?
You may apply for HomeCaring Periods six months prior to reaching pension age.
How do I apply?
You can ll in this form and send it to:
HomeCaring Periods Section
Department of Social Protection
McCarter’s Road
Buncrana
Co Donegal
F93 CH79
How to complete this application Form
You need a Personal Public Service Number (PPS Number) before you apply and the details of
the person you were caring for.
Please tear o󰀨 this page and use as a guide to lling in this form.
Please use BLACK ballpoint pen.
Please use BLOCK LETTERS and place an X in the relevant boxes.
Please answer all questions that apply to you.
Leave boxes blank if they do not apply to you.
Fill in all parts of the form as they apply to you. When the form is completed, sign the declaration in
Part 1.
If you need any help to complete this form, please contact your local Citizen Information Centre,
your local Intreo Centre or your local Social Welfare Branch O󰀩ce.
For more information, visit www.gov.ie
Important: if your date of birth is before 01 September 1946, you are not eligible for the
HomeCaring Periods and this form will not be processed.
If you are/were getting Child Benet, Carer’s Benet, Carer’s Allowance or Carer’s Support Grant
(formerly known as Respite Care Grant) from this Department you do not need to complete this
form as you have an automatic entitlement to the HomeCaring Periods Scheme.

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