This website contains information about the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme as well as containing downloadable versions of our application forms and information leaflets. The scheme is administered by Higher Executive Officers assigned to the Community Welfare Service of the Department of Social Protection through the Health Services Executives network of Health Centres and Public Offices.The service transferred to the Department of Social Protection on 1st October 2011. Further information in relation to the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme can now be found on www.welfare.ie . Enquiries relating to the scheme can be made using the contacts pages on www.welfare.ie also. Please note that the information contained on this website is intended as a general guide to the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme. It does not purport to be a legal interpretation of conditions governing entitlement to the scheme. If you require more detailed information about any aspect of the scheme, please contact your Community Welfare Officer at your local Health Centre or Public Office.