Irish Pension Question.

[Lee Bushwacker]

Help appreciated here folks.
An Irish friend of mine here in Malaga wants to retire. He worked full-time in Cork from 1977-1992 ie 15 years. Anyone know how much he would be entitled to from the Irish govt per month? This amount would be taken from his Spanish entitlement so he's not sure if it's worth it to claim from Ireland as he could be better off just claiming in Spain.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Gregory_Mike]

An Irish friend of mine

Is your friend's name Lee, Lee?

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

No it isn't Greg. He's been living here for 10 years longer than me. I came here in 2002 and he in 1992.

 

[markyboy]

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/older-and-retired-people/state-pension-contributory/#:~:text=To%20qualify%20for%20a%20State%20Pension%20(Contributory)%2C%20you%20must,called%20full%2Drate%20PRSI%20contributions.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/older-and-retired-people/state-pension-contributory/#:~:text=To%20qualify%20for%20a%20State%20Pension%20(Contributory)%2C%20you%20must,called%20full%2Drate%20PRSI%20contributions.

Thanks Mark. It seems confusing though!

 

[Swanforthelough]

Well you must claim where you last worked so he gets paid in Spain and the Spanish will get the Irish portion for him, takes some time to sort it all out. So could be waiting a while for the Irish bit but gets backdated..

 

[markyboy]

Thanks Mark. It seems confusing though!

It does a bit. Looks like if he’s ten years contributions he can claim an Irish one. I might be wrong.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELLAR:32a88f40-01ba-4509-b9c1-c7b0c9cc7565&from=ES#:~:text=Page%201-,Have%20you%20worked%20in%20more%20than%20one%20European%20Union%20country,another%20country%20when%20you%20move.

 

[DeepThroat]

Help appreciated here folks.
An Irish friend of mine here in Malaga wants to retire. He worked full-time in Cork from 1977-1992 ie 15 years. Anyone know how much he would be entitled to from the Irish govt per month? This amount would be taken from his Spanish entitlement so he's not sure if it's worth it to claim from Ireland as he could be better off just claiming in Spain.
Thanks in advance.

Tell him to set up a MyGovid ID with his Irish PPS No and he can check what pension contributions he has made on welfare.ie and that will tell him what he is entitled to

It maybe the case that he can claim both pensions.

Seems 5 years in England entitles you a pension ( and you can purchase up to 17 years more entilements ) that can be claimed separately from any Irish pension

 

[slick fingers]

Tell him to set up a MyGovid ID with his Irish PPS No and he can check what pension contributions he has made on welfare.ie and that will tell him what he is entitled to

You can request a statement going back 47years? Thats cool, I assumed it was only 12months

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Well you must claim where you last worked so he gets paid in Spain and the Spanish will get the Irish portion for him, takes some time to sort it all out. So could be waiting a while for the Irish bit but gets backdated..

Think this means the Spanish pay him less. Both govts pay a part of the final figure which isn't the Spanish pension supplemented by the Irish one as far as I can tell.