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Introduction The Public Services Card (PSC) helps you to access a range of public services easily. Your identity is fully authenticated when it is issued so you do not have to give the same information to multiple organisations. A Public Services Card is usually issued when you are allocated a PPS number. If you apply for, or are currently getting a social welfare payment (including Child Benefit) you will be asked to register for your Public Services Card. It is now being rolled out to other public services For example, all first-time passport applicants aged 18 and above who are resident in Ireland need to have a Public Services Card. This requirement also applies to a small number of adult passport applicants whose last passport was issued before 1 January 2005 and has since been reported lost, stolen or damaged. All applicants for a certificate of naturalisation aged 18 or over who are resident in the State must have a Public Services Card. Since June 2017, you need to have a Public Services Card if you are sitting the Driver Theory Test. Since 9 April 2018, you can use the PSC as evidence of identity when applying for a driving licence or learner permit. If you don’t yet have a Public Services Card, you can make an appointment to get one either by using MyWelfare.ie or by calling into your local Intreo Centre or Social Welfare Branch Office (see below). Please note that if you are aged under 18 years of age and wish to have a PSC issued to you, you must be accompanied by your parent or guardian who must also hold a PSC. What information does this card display? The front of the card holds your name, photograph and signature, along with the card expiry date. The back of the card holds your PPS number and a card number. It also holds a magnetic stripe to enable social welfare payments such as pensions to be collected at post offices If you are entitled to free travel the card will also display this information in the top left-hand corner. If FT-P is written on the card the holder is personally entitled to free travel. If FT+S is written on the card the holder can travel with their spouse, partner or cohabitant. If FT+C is written on the card the holder can have a companion (over 16) travel with them for free. Registering for a Public Services Card Face-to-face registration for a Public Services Card is called SAFE (Standard Authentication Framework Environment) registration. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will send you a letter with your SAFE registration appointment. SAFE registration takes about 15 minutes to complete and usually takes place in your local Intreo Centre or Social Welfare Branch Office. It is important that you attend for your appointment. It will help to avoid any potential difficulty with access to social welfare payments in the future. During this appointment your photograph will be taken and your signature recorded for your new Public Services Card, which will be posted to your home address. You will also be asked for the answers to some security questions. You must bring certain documents with you to your appointment to prove your identity and address. You should also bring the letter you got confirming your appointment and, if you have one, your mobile phone. Having your mobile phone with you means that your number can be verified by the Department. You will need phone verification to access public services online. If you currently have a Social Services Card (a swipe card used to collect social welfare payments), bring that with you too. You must prove your identify to receive a social welfare payment or benefit. If you comply with the SAFE registration process when requested, you are considered to have authenticated your identity. If you do not comply with the SAFE registration process your social welfare payments (including Child Benefit) and/or your social welfare entitlements (such as Free Travel) may be suspended. Documents to bring to your SAFE registration appointment Evidence of identity: *If you are an Irish citizen and do not have a passport or driving licence as identification, you may still be issued with a Public Services Card. Additional information which can be verified to confirm your identity may be gathered at your appointment interview. For Irish citizens born in Ireland, birth details can be verified online in most cases with the General Register Office. However, in some cases, it is not possible to locate the birth registration, so the person will need to return with a copy of his/her birth certificate. If you wish to get a copy of your Irish birth certificate for SAFE registration purposes, you can get it from the Registrar at a reduced rate when you show your SAFE invitation letter or appointment notification. You can read more about Public Service Identity on welfare.ie. Evidence of address (applies to everyone, whether an Irish, EU or non-EU citizen): You need to show evidence of your address. You can use any of the following documents to do this (the document must show your name and address): - A household utility bill - An official letter/document - A financial statement - Property lease or tenancy agreement - Confirmation of address by a third party such as a school principal/administrator, accommodation/property owner*or manager. *If you are staying with friends or relatives an original household bill plus a note from the bill holder confirming your residency at the bill address is acceptable. This note can be written on the bill itself. Additional helpful documents If you have any of the items listed below, you should bring them along with you as they may also help to confirm your identity. If you do not have any of these, you should bring other documents or forms of photo ID instead*. *The following items are not acceptable as proof of identity for the purpose of SAFE registration: Baptismal certificate, work ID card, Garda form ML-10, Garda age card, photocopied certificates or documents and expired documents generally. Lost or damaged Public Services Cards If your Public Services Card is lost, stolen or damaged, you should immediately contact the Public Services Card Helpdesk at 1890 837000. Changing your name on your Public Services Card Change of name by use and repute To change the name on your PSC, you must show 2 years' usage of your new name. To do this, you must submit at least 2 of the following documents, dating back for at least 2 years: - Official communication with a government department - Educational certificate - Bank statement or card - Utility bill - Student or employee identification card (or similar) Following marriage or civil partnership To change your name on your Public Services Card following a marriage or civil partnership, you must submit: - Photo ID in your pre-marriage/civil partnership name (for example PSC, passport or driving licence), and - Your marriage or civil partnership certificate. Returning to your pre-marriage or pre-civil partnership name To change your name on your Public Services Card back to your pre-marriage or pre-civil partnership name, you must submit: - Divorce, dissolution or legal separation agreement documents, or - Correspondence from a solicitor showing that a separation, divorce or dissolution has been initiated. Name changed by deed poll If you have changed your name by deed poll, you must submit a deed poll registered with the Irish High Court. Renewing your Public Services Card Your Public Services Card is valid for 7 years. The DEASP will write to you 90 days before your card expires. You can renew your card by post or by attending a PSC registration centre. Where to apply Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection customers may be invited to attend for Public Services Card registration. You can also contact your Intreo Centre or local Social Welfare Branch Office to arrange an appointment or make an appointment online. Online appointments If you want to get a PPS number or to be registered for a Public Services Card, you can now make an appointment online at MyWelfare.ie. You will first need to register with the site. To do this you need a mobile phone number and an email address. When you have made your appointment, print the notification and bring it to your appointment along with the required documents (listed in the notification). You can access a list of Public Service Card registration centres on welfare.ie. Questions If you have general questions about the card or the registration process you can use the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s online query form or contact Client Identity Services (see below). You can also get more information and make an appointment on the official Public Services Card website. Client Identity Services Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Shannon Lodge Carrick-On-Shannon Co. Leitrim Tel: (071) 967 2616 (If calling from outside the Republic of Ireland please call +353 71 967 2616) Locall: 1890 927 999 (Note: the rates charged for using 1890 (Lo-call) numbers may vary)
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Réamhrá Tá Cárta Seirbhísí Poiblí nua á thabhairt isteach a chuirfear in ionad an Chárta Seirbhísí Sóisialta, i dtosach báire, a úsáideadh chun íocaíochtaí leasa shóisialaigh a bhailiú agus in ionad an Phas Saorthaistil. Tugadh isteach an cárta den chéad uair in 2012. Tá sé á thabhairt isteach faoi láthair i measc daoine a fhaigheann íocaíochtaí áirithe leasa shóisialaigh agus iarratasóirí nua d’íocaíochtaí eile leasa shóisialaigh. Ní bhfaighidh gach cliant leasa shóisialaigh Cárta Seirbhísí Poiblí láithreach. Eisítear an Cárta Seirbhísí Poiblí ar cheann amháin den dá bhealach a leanas: - Clárú duine ar dhuine – féach ‘Clárú le haghaidh Cárta Seirbhísí Poiblí’ thíos - Clárú poist, féach ‘Clárú poist’ thíos Clárú le haghaidh Cárta Seirbhísí Poiblí Tugtar clárú SAFE (Timpeallacht Creatlaí i gcomhair Fíordheimhniú Caighdeáin) ar chlárú duine ar dhuine le haghaidh Cárta Seirbhísí Poiblí. Má rinne tú iarratas ar íocaíocht leasa shóisialaigh (íocaíochtaí cuardaitheora poist agus Teaghlach Aontuismitheora faoi láthair), gheobhaidh tú litir le do choinne cláraithe SAFE. Glacann clárú SAFE thart ar 15 nóiméad lena chríochnú agus is gnách go mbíonn sé ar siúl i d’oifig áitiúil leasa shóisialaigh. Tá sé tábhachtach go bhfreastalaíonn tú ar do choinne. Cabhróidh sé chun aon deacracht fhéideartha a sheachaint maidir le rochtain a fháil ar íocaíochtaí leasa shóisialaigh amach anseo. Le linn na coinne seo, glacfar do ghrianghraf agus cuirfear i dtaifead do shíniú do do Chárta Seirbhísí Poiblí nua, a chuirfear sa phost chuig do sheoladh baile. Ina theannta sin, iarrfar ort freagraí a thabhairt ar roinnt ceisteanna slándála. Ní mór duit roinnt cáipéisí a thabhairt leat chuig do choinne le d’aitheantas agus do sheoladh a chruthú. Ba cheart duit an litir a thabhairt leat, chomh maith, a fuair tú inar dearbhaíodh do choinne. Má tá Cárta Seirbhísí Sóisialta agat faoi láthair (cárta svaidhpchárta a úsáidtear chun íocaíochtaí leasa shóisialaigh a bhailiú), tabhair leat é sin chomh maith. Cáipéisí atá le tabhairt leat chuig do choinne chláraithe SAFE 1.Fianaise féiniúlachta: Fianaise i leith seolta (tá ar gach duine é seo a sholáthar, más saoránach Éireannach, AE nó neamhAE iad): Ní mór duit ceann amháin de na rudaí a leanas i d’ainm féin a thabhairt leat: - Bille reatha fóntais (leictreachas/guthán/gás) nó bille eile a léiríonn do sheoladh reatha - Léas maoine/comhaontú tionóntachta nó fáltas ar íocaíocht an Mhuirir Theaghlaigh. Cáipéisí breise cabhracha Má tá aon cheann de na rudaí agat a liostaítear thíos, ba cheart duit iad a thabhairt leat mar gheall go bhféadfaidís cabhrú, chomh maith, chun d’aitheantas a dheimhniú. Mura bhfuil aon chinn díobh seo agat, ba cheart duit cáipéisí eile nó foirmeacha eile d’aitheantas a thabhairt leat ina ionad sin*. - Pas Saorthaistil Éireannach - Cárta leighis arna eisiúint faoin tSeirbhís Mhíochaine Ginearálta - Cárta Eorpach um árachas sláinte - Cárta creidmheasa/dochair - Cárta mic léinn *Ní ghlactar leis na rudaí a leanas mar chruthúnas aitheantais ar mhaithe le clárú SAFE: Deimhniú baiste, cárta aitheantais oibre, foirm ML-10 an Gharda Síochána, cárta aoise an Gharda Síochána, deimhnithe nó cáipéisí fótachóipeáilte agus cáipéisí éagtha go ginearálta. Clárú sa phost Féadtar Cárta Seirbhísí Poiblí a eisiúint do roinnt cliant reatha den Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí (RCS) trí chlárú sa phost. Má bhaineann seo leatsa, féadfaidh an RCS scríobh chugat agus iarraidh ar do chead a fháil chun sonraí a úsáid atá á gcoimeád cheana féin ag roinn rialtais (ar nós ghrianghraf do phas nó ghrianghraf do Phas Saortaistil). Má thugann tú do thoiliú go n-úsáidfear na sonraí seo, féadtar do Chárta Seirbhísí Poiblí a eisiúint go díreach sa phost agus ní gá duit cuairt a thabhairt ar oifig chun clárú a dhéanamh tú féin. Ina theannta sin, iarrfaidh an litir ort freagraí a thabhairt ar roinnt ceisteanna slándála. Úsáidfear na freagraí seo le d'aitheantas a sheiceáil, más gá duit teagmháil a dhéanamh le líne chabhrach RCS. Cártaí Seirbhísí Poiblí caillte nó goidte Má tá do Chárta Seirbhísí Poiblí caillte, goidte nó damáistithe, caithfidh tú dul i dteagmháil leis an Deasc Chabhrach Chárta Seirbhísí Poiblí ar 1890 837000 láithreach.