Re: Old age pension
Around the time of the previous post, I wrote the the Department asking for a statement of my entitlements, similar to the original poster's, but I won't be 66 until 2015, so the conditions are more stringent. I think, from the website explanation, I will still be able to get about 40% mixed contribution, but I will have at least 12 years class S, a few class A and mostly Class D.
I'm relying on the fact that the website says "
The second group for whom pro-rata pensions were introduced are those with mixed insurance records, that is, people who worked for some time in the public sector and for a time in the private sector. The rules governing these pro-rata pensions are different from those described above." (i.e. I'm assuming its different from the calculation of full 'normal' contributory)
However, I have received no reply.