Qualifying for State Pension(contributory)

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I am hoping someone can help me with a query I have in relation to an elderly relative.

Although this person is an Irish citizen, they moved abroad at a young age and only returned to Ireland in their 30's in the 1970's.
They are now reaching retirement age. Based on my calculations they would be entitled to a 98% contributory pension on average contributions since entering insurable employment in ireland in the 70's to end tax year before reaching pension age calculated under the normal average rule as they do not qualify under alternative average rule as was not in insuranble employmnet for soem years.
My question is would I be correct in basing the average from year of entering employment in ireland? Or would this average be worked out from when they first started working life (in another country not covered under EU pensions or bilateral social security arrangements).

On another note they are entitled to a small foreign contributory pension.

Thanks
 
I would suggest that your relative obtains a record of all PRSI paid. That record can be obtained from:
The Central Records Office
Gandon House
Amiens St.
Dublin

Simply give Name (and maiden name if applicable), PPS and current address and request record records of PRSI paid. It can take up to 10 weeks for a reply.
With the record you can add the total PRSI paid and credited and Pre- entry credits. Divide this total by the total number of years from the date of first payment to retirement to get yearly average. Are there any Homemakers years involved.?
Remember to apply at least 6 months before 65th birthday
Not sure what your question is about a foreign pension but it has no adverse affect on the Irish Pension
 
Thanks for that i'll follow that up, but my main query was when is yearly average taken from.is it definetley from first employment in ireland or could it be first employment regardless of what country?
 
Irish pension is based on contributions paid in Ireland therefore calculations are done from the first Irish payment (as per the records)
 
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