Public Service Identity
From Department of Social Protection
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This department is responsible for:
The department is also obliged to ensure that, as far as possible, all the personal data it holds is accurate, complete and up to date. Where bodies specified under legislation, for example the Road Safety Authority (RSA), collect PSI data from a person, that information can be used to maintain the person's PSI dataset, which is held and managed by this department.
The PSI dataset is defined in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended) as the following:
Change of name by use and repute
You must show 2 years' usage of your new name.
To do this, you must submit at least 2 of the following official documents:
Following marriage or civil partnership
To change your name following a marriage or civil partnership, you must submit:
Reverting to your pre-marriage or pre-civil partnership name
To change your name back to your pre-marriage or pre-civil partnership name, you must submit divorce, dissolution or legal separation agreement documents or correspondence from a solicitor showing that a separation, divorce or dissolution has been initiated.
Name changed by deed poll
If you have changed your name by deed poll, you must submit a deed poll registered with the Irish High Court.
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