Inclusion, Equality and Social Welfare

An Adoption Benefit may be awarded to a person who adopts a child.

The Adoption Leave Benefit may be awarded to a person who adopts a child.

An Age Pension may be awarded to a person who reaches 60 years of age, who does not have enough paid or credited Social Security Contributions to be eligible for a Contributory Retirement Pension and satisfies the Means Test.

An appeal may be lodged against a decision by the Department of Social Security before the Social Security Umpire. One may lodge an appeal on a question of law or a principle of importance emerging from a decision by the Department of Social Security according to the Social Security Act (Cap. 318). The appeal must to be lodged within 30 days from when one is informed of the decision.

Once the details are vetted a notice with the date of the sitting in front of the umpire is sent.

The focus of this service is to provide details of current and active benefits, as well as pending benefits awaiting assessment and authorisation by the Department of Social Security.

The Assistance for the Visually Impaired may be awarded to a person who is 14 years of age and over who is completely or partially visually impaired.

The Carers Allowance may be awarded to a single, married, in civil union, or cohabiting person who is over 18 years of age and is taking care of a relative, with low dependency, on a full-time basis living within the same household.

The U1 form certifies your periods of insurance and employment or self-employment completed in an EU country which will be taken into account for the award of unemployment benefits. The U1 is issued by the country where you worked and paid the relative social security contributions.

Any family, married couple, and single individuals (in particular cases only), irrespective of their age, class, race and religion, can become foster carers after undergoing training, followed by an assessment, and approval by the Fostering and Adoption Panel.