Q17. What is a PPSN

This is your Personal Public Service number provided by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. All enrolled students with a Nationality of Irish, must provide this number. All non-Irish Nationals living and working in Ireland must provide this number also. The majority of Non-EU applicants will not have a PPSN number and may leave this blank.

If you do not know your number or do not have a number, please contact the Department of Social & Family Affairs at (01) 8748444 or www.welfare.ie.