You should contact the Department of Social Protection’s, Homeless Persons Unit (HPU). The HPU provides payments under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme and offers advice on your social welfare entitlements. 

  • Men – Phone 1800 724 724. For more information see, Homeless Persons Unit Men
  • Women and families – Phone 1800 724 724. For more information see, Homeless Persons Unit (Women and Families)
  • Not from Ireland (includes Asylum Seekers, Refugees and persons from EU Accession countries) – Phone 01 858 5100 or access the service directly on 77 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 from 10am- 11.30am, 2pm to 3.30pm.
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