Is my Wife entitled to a pension

[123James]

I am in full time employment and I will not be retiring for another four years. However, my wife who has been unemploymed since our marriage of 40 years, will be 66 shortly and I was wondering if she will be entitled to claim and non-contributary pension.

 

[dewdrop]

She will as far as i know be entitled to the non contributory pension which is mean tested..i assume you are getting the dependent allowance at present.

 

[Ann1]

If your wife worked and paid PRSI contributions/stamps before she was married she should request a history of contributions paid. The address is at the bottom of the attached link.
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/Pension/Pages/oapc.aspx

 

[Tentman]

Well if she has not worked for more than 40 yrs, its certain that Welfare will have putrged her record. A similar occurance happened to my wife in 2002. She applied to contribute to a SSIA and gave her now PPSN. She had,nt worked since 1981 and was informed by Welfare that her record had been purged, as no contributions had been credited in 20yrs.

 

[Ann1]

Tentman I don't think Social Welfare delete records.....they may have purged to archive media but they can be retrieved.

 

[ajapale]

moved from Pensions which is for occupational pension schemes to Welfare and state benefits which is where the state COAP and NCOAP are discussed.