Benefits | Sick Leave | Forms

Staff who pay Class A* rate of PRSI may be entitled to Social Welfare benefit for absence due to illness in excess of five days. To claim Social Welfare Illness/Injury Benefit

1. Attend your doctor. Your doctor can electronically submit a Certificate of Incapacity for Work directly to the Department of Social Protection. apply for Illness Benefit. 
2. You must then submit an online Illness Benefit application through MyWelfare.ie or post an IB1 Form (application form for Illness Benefit and Injury Benefit) to the department. (You can get the from your doctor) Once completed, post your form to Social Welfare Service, PO Box 1650, Dublin 1

Illness benefit is paid directly to the employee by Social Welfare. Deductions are automatically made from your salary by the payroll office (Please note that the option for illness payment to be paid to the employer should NOT be selected on the IB1 form.  In all cases staff should select for payment to be made directly to themselves)

*All public servants recruited after 6th April 1995 pay Class A rate PRSI.  If you were recruited before that date you pay Class D rate PRSI. Further details are available from Citizen's Information Bureau or DCU Payroll.