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Pensions from two countries
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I will be getting state pension from 3 countries0
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FatherAbraham wrote: »I can't believe how long this thread has meandered on without anyone mentioning the relevant European Economic Area social security agreement with respect to state pensions.
Your UK qualifying years will count towards achieving any minimum threshold for an ROI state pension under that agreement.
Some basic details can found here, although they're from a UK perspective, the agreement in reciprocal:
https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/living-and-working-overseas
You may wish to consider additional voluntary contributions in ROI, if possible, but remember that under the EEA agreement, voluntary contributions may only be made in one country (for the purposes of calculating pensions entitlement under EEA rules).
Note that if a country's rules before consideration of the EEA reciprocal agreement would give you a higher state pension, then you get that higher pension.
That's not relevant in my case though is it. I'm not someone who has say 20 years in the UK and 20 years somewhere else.
I'll have a full UK pension. I've done the forecast thing.0 -
eastcorkram wrote: »That's not relevant in my case though is it. I'm not someone who has say 20 years in the UK and 20 years somewhere else.
I'll have a full UK pension. I've done the forecast thing.
Of course it's relevant to your case.
Ireland has to use the EEA rules to calculate your state pension entitlement.
Please see chapter seven ("Old Age Benefits") of the agreement here: http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Euguide.aspxThus the old Gentleman ended his Harangue. The People heard it, and approved the Doctrine, and immediately practised the Contrary, just as if it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue opened ...THE WAY TO WEALTH, Benjamin Franklin, 1758 AD0 -
So...... Is the answer to my original question, which I asked in the OP, yes or no? Not concerned with amounts or percentage, just yes or no? And I realise rules may well change before I get there! Sorry, unable to quote the previous post.0
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eastcorkram wrote: »So...... Is the answer to my original question, which I asked in the OP, yes or no? Not concerned with amounts or percentage, just yes or no? And I realise rules may well change before I get there! Sorry, unable to quote the previous post.
Yes, you should currently expect to get both.Thus the old Gentleman ended his Harangue. The People heard it, and approved the Doctrine, and immediately practised the Contrary, just as if it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue opened ...THE WAY TO WEALTH, Benjamin Franklin, 1758 AD0
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