Do I need a PPS card?

LazySamaritan

Is a PPS card something everyone in the country should have even if they aren't on social welfare?

I don't remember ever having one but it is long gone if I did.

This link - http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Public-Services-Card_holder.aspx - tells me how to get one for the first time and that I'll be contacted when a card expires.

I have never been contacted to renew so does this mean I've never had one?

Or must I have had and can I get a replacement?

salmocab

LazySamaritan wrote: »

Is a PPS card something everyone in the country should have even if they aren't on social welfare?

I don't remember ever having one but it is long gone if I did.

This link - http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Public-Services-Card_holder.aspx - tells me how to get one for the first time and that I'll be contacted when a card expires.

I have never been contacted to renew so does this mean I've never had one?

Or must I have had and can I get a replacement?

In your day to day life you’ll not need one but they are now necessary to have one to renew a drivers license. I’d imagine over time we will need them more and more, my wife neede one for maternity benefit I think and if you lose your job I’d imagine having one would speed up the process.

The J Stands for Jay

Renewed driving licence a few months ago without one. Wife gets child benefit payments without one. Don't see any reason for having one.

zoe 3619

McGaggs wrote: »

Renewed driving licence a few months ago without one. Wife gets child benefit payments without one. Don't see any reason for having one.

I have to have mine swiped to get child benefit.

GoneHome

I think for the driving licence it's needed to renew online only, you still don't need it to renew in person in the driving licence office

The J Stands for Jay

zoe 3619 wrote: »

I have to have mine swiped to get child benefit.

The money just shows up in the bank account every month.

zoe 3619

McGaggs wrote: »

The money just shows up in the bank account
That's handy-didn't realise it was an option.Collect mine from the post office.

hawthorne

McGaggs wrote: »

Renewed driving licence a few months ago without one. Wife gets child benefit payments without one. Don't see any reason for having one.

Your wife should get a PPS number at once.
Getting child benefit is a proof for raising a child. The new pension system can supply your wife with up to 12 years in pension credits- that is already a little bit more than 25% of the full rate.
The monthly CB is registered on her pension record. And the pension record is registered under the PPS number.
Anybody MUST have a PPS number for that purpose.
Actually anybody working and living in this country needs a PPS number. Revenue, SW and medical card are tied to it.

The J Stands for Jay

hawthorne wrote: »

Your wife should get a PPS number at once.
Getting child benefit is a proof for raising a child. The new pension system can supply your wife with up to 12 years in pension credits- that is already a little bit more than 25% of the full rate.
The monthly CB is registered on her pension record. And the pension record is registered under the PPS number.
Anybody MUST have a PPS number for that purpose.

Sorry, I don't understand a word of that. What are these pension credits and is it worth my while getting them?

hawthorne

hawthorne wrote: »

Your wife should get a PPS number at once.
Getting child benefit is a proof for raising a child. The new pension system can supply your wife with up to 12 years in pension credits- that is already a little bit more than 25% of the full rate.
The monthly CB is registered on her pension record. And the pension record is registered under the PPS number.
Anybody MUST have a PPS number for that purpose.
Actually anybody working and living in this country needs a PPS number. Revenue, SW and medical card are tied to it.

I’m sure that she’s already got a PPS number if she’s getting child benefit. It’s the Public Services Card the thread is about.

hawthorne

McGaggs wrote: »

Sorry, I don't understand a word of that. What are these pension credits and is it worth my while getting them?

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/older_and_retired_people/state_pension_contributory.html

Your state pension record is registered under your PPS number. No PPS number- no record. No record- no pension.
Are you sure now your wife has no PPS number? She must have a little book for her CB benefit. My wife used to have one of those as well. The PPS number is in that book.

hawthorne

Deleted User wrote: »

I’m sure that she’s already got a PPS number if she’s getting child benefit. It’s the Public Services Card the thread is about.

That is what I was thinking as well. My wife would not have gotten any CB without her PPS number.

But your man said she has none....

The J Stands for Jay

hawthorne wrote: »

That is what I was thinking as well. My wife would not have gotten any CB without her PPS number.

But your man said she has none....

Are you mixing up a PSC and a PPSN?

Sleeper12

hawthorne wrote:

Your state pension record is registered under your PPS number. No PPS number- no record. No record- no pension. Are you sure now your wife has no PPS number? She must have a little book for her CB benefit. My wife used to have one of those as well. The PPS number is in that book.

She has a PPS number already. It's a the card that she doesn't have

hawthorne

hawthorne wrote: »

That is what I was thinking as well. My wife would not have gotten any CB without her PPS number.

But your man said she has none....

He said that she doesn’t have a PS card, not that she doesn’t have a PPS number.

salmocab

hawthorne wrote: »

That is what I was thinking as well. My wife would not have gotten any CB without her PPS number.

But your man said she has none....

He said she didn’t have the public service card

LazySamaritan

If I already have one but cannot find it, can I apply online or by phone for a replacement?

Or are replacements they only issued at the local welfare office?

hawthorne

McGaggs wrote: »

Are you mixing up a PSC and a PPSN?

No - I did not.
But the title of this thread is very misleading. There is no such thing as a "PPS card"- it is a PSC card. It shows- among other things- the PPS number of the holder.

I read your answer as a statement about a PPS number- not about a PSC card.

Graces7

Public services card is not mandatory.

Had an encounter re this way back.