Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 173B

Entitlement to one-parent family payment in certain circumstances

Section 173B provides a two-year extension of one-parent family payment for recently bereaved parents whose youngest qualifying child is close to reaching the age limit.

• Applies to surviving spouses, cohabitants, or civil partners who were living with their partner at the time of death.
• The survivor must be a parent, step-parent, adoptive parent, or legal guardian of at least one qualifying child who lives with them.
• The youngest child must be within two years of reaching the relevant age threshold on the date the partner died.
• One-parent family payment continues for a full two years from the date of death, even if the child reaches the age limit during that period.