Social Welfare Information & Contact Details following the fire in Douglas Shopping Centre
From Department of Social Protection
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From Department of Social Protection
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Last updated on
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection would like to advise those who have been made unemployed as a result of the fire in Douglas Shopping Centre at the weekend to contact their local Intreo Centre to apply for social welfare support.
The Department has also set up a phone number and email address where those affected can get information and advice on social welfare entitlements.
The contact phone number is 021 4943144. It is open from 10.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday (including lunchtime).
The email address is corkabbeycourt@welfare.ie
The Department’s Intreo Service in Cork city is also available for information and advice.
Opening hours for these Intreo Centres are:
Arrangements have been made for social welfare customers who, up to now, attended the Post Office in Douglas Shopping Centre to attend the Post Office in SuperValu, Blackrock instead where they can collect their Child Benefit and other welfare payments.
There are a number of Social Welfare Branch Offices in Cork available for employees and employers living in those areas. Please click [here] for the opening hours for these offices,
ENDS