Pension from another EU country?

[mantis1234]

I have spent the last 10 years working in Ireland and paying into my employers pension plan. Now I am working in France where there is no private pension plan, and I am obliged to pay approx 10 % into the French national pension plan. I have enquired with the Irish social welfare department , and they tell me that if ,for example, at retirement age, I have spent 10 years working in France, and the rest of the time working in Ireland, that I would still only get the maximum Irish pension, (currently around 200 Euro/week). The fact that even though during the 10 years working in France, I would have paid significantly more into the national french pension system than I would have paid into the Irish one in that same 10 year period would make no difference. Can anyone confirm this for me?

 

[justsally]

You might like to take a look at this:-

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/c...nts/older-and-retired-people/oap_contributory


particularly the section "EU pensions".

Hope this helps

 

[Abbeykiller]

You will never get any more from the Irish Social Welfare people than the pension here, therefore you need to look into what the French will give you and what if any strings are attached.
It is possible that you will qualify for pensions in both countries.