One-Parent Family Payment Application Form (OFP1)

• Published date: 06 July 2021
• Issuer: Department of Social Protection

Data Classification R

Social Welfare Services

OFP1

Application form for

One-Parent Family Payment

What is One-Parent Family Payment?

One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) is a payment to men and women under 66 years of age who are

bringing up children without the support of a partner.

How do I qualify?

To qualify for One-Parent Family Payment you must meet these conditions:

• Be under 66 years of age. At 66 you become eligible for the State Pension;

• Be the parent, step-parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian of a relevant child. This means a child

who normally lives with you, under the relevant age limit of seven; and

• Have the main care and charge of at least one relevant child. You cannot get OFP if you have joint

equal custody of a child or children;

• Satisfy a means test; and

• Not be living with a spouse, civil partner or cohabiting.

If you are separated, divorced or your civil partnership has been dissolved, you must be living apart for at

least three months before you apply for OFP.

When should I apply?

Widowed or surviving civil partner

If you are widowed or a surviving civil partner, you should apply within three months of your spouse or civil

partner’s death.

Single

If you are single, you should apply within three months of the birth of your child.

Separated, divorced or no longer in a civil partnership

If you are separated, divorced or no longer in a civil partnership, you must be living apart for three months.

You should apply within three to six months of the date you separated from your spouse or civil partner.

Prisoner’s spouse or civil partner

If you are a prisoner’s spouse or civil partner, you should apply when your spouse or civil partner:

• has been in custody for at least six months without being sentenced; or

• starts their sentence, which must be for a term of at least six months.

Return your form and supporting documents to your local Intreo Centre or Social Welfare Branch Oce.

Important: You should apply as soon as you become eligible. If you fail to apply within 3 months of

becoming eligible, you may lose some payment.

How to complete this application form?

There are examples on the back of this page that can be used as a guide to ll in this form. Please:

• write with a black ballpoint pen, use capital letters and place an X in the relevant boxes;

• answer all questions that apply to you. Leave blank any that do not apply;

• ll in Parts 1 to 6 and Part 9A as they apply to you. Your employer, if any, should ll in Part 9B; and

• when completed, read the checklist in Part 8 and sign the declaration in Part 7.

If you need any help to complete this form, please contact your local Intreo Centre, Social Wefare Branch

Oce or any Citizens Information Centre.

For more information visit www.gov.ie/OPF.

To help us process this form please write letters and numbers clearly and use one box for each.

See examples below.

How to fill in this form

Your detailsPart 1

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M U R P H Y

M C D E R M O T T

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1. PPS Number:

3. Surname:

7. Date of birth:

4. First names:

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Mr Mrs Ms. Other

2. Title, insert an X or specify:

5. First names as they appear

on your birth certificate:

X

M A R Y

M A U R E E N

6. Birth surname:

M M U R P H Y @ W E L F A R E . I E

9. Telephone number:

10. Email address:

0881234567

8. Address: 1 N E W S T R E E T

O L D T O W N

D O N E G A L T O W N

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