Hi all,
I've recently got the letter breaking down my contributions to the Irish state pension over the years. However, they are not taking into account some of them - can someone clarify this for me?
i. I have 242 Modified rate contributions from when I worked in a state body. These are not being added to the total, but the years I worked there are still being used to reduce the average contributions per year. Is this correct?
ii. The years I worked in the UK have no contributions against them - even though there is a column for EU contributions?
If both of these had been included, it would bring me up to the next "average weeks per year" break-point. If I understand the EU contribution rules - 90% of my contributions would be in Ireland (if I include the modified contributions) - so I would be entitled to 90% of the pension from Ireland, and 10% of a pension from the UK?
If the modified contributions have been used correctly, then the rest is moot I think. If someone could explain this I would be very grateful.
Thanks in advance,
Ed
I've recently got the letter breaking down my contributions to the Irish state pension over the years. However, they are not taking into account some of them - can someone clarify this for me?
i. I have 242 Modified rate contributions from when I worked in a state body. These are not being added to the total, but the years I worked there are still being used to reduce the average contributions per year. Is this correct?
ii. The years I worked in the UK have no contributions against them - even though there is a column for EU contributions?
If both of these had been included, it would bring me up to the next "average weeks per year" break-point. If I understand the EU contribution rules - 90% of my contributions would be in Ireland (if I include the modified contributions) - so I would be entitled to 90% of the pension from Ireland, and 10% of a pension from the UK?
If the modified contributions have been used correctly, then the rest is moot I think. If someone could explain this I would be very grateful.
Thanks in advance,
Ed