UK / Irish Pension Question

I called the UK tax office yesterday but could not get through. If I am able to get a definitive answer I will post it here otherwise I am going to apply separately and see how that goes. Another thought that has just occurred to me is that I was only able to buy the cheaper UK Class 2 contributions after I provided my Irish work record. My wife paid a lot more buying Class 3 because she did not work in Ireland. I hope that they wont expect those years to be allocated to my UK pension otherwise my Irish pension will be severely reduced.

Could you defer the Irish pension a year until the UK one is set up? You would get a slightly larger Irish pension then as well. Altho apparently it's not worth delaying starting.

Would you have to defer for a year… would a couple of weeks do?

gouldian said:

able to buy the cheaper UK Class 2 contributions after I provided my Irish work record.

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Yes. Thats the UK requirement to qualify for Class 2.

As long as you pay the voluntary NICs you will be able to claim UK pension. PRSI record isn't used for pension contributions.

@JimmyB99 I dont think I have any choice other than to provide my full work record for each form but as mentioned I will ask that they dont claim from the other pension. Hopefully that's possible.
Thanks to everybody for your help
I called the pension service here. While I dont think the person I spoke to really knew the answer I asked if I included a letter asking them not to claim UK years would that stop them doing so She said yes but who knows. @ Conad said that 35 years qualifies for a full pension so the UK contacting Ireland should not be an issue. I hope thats the case with the class 2 payments Dannyboy.
I did considering deferring but unfortunately that would not be an option unless I continued working

@gouldian - that's all makes sense.

The point I was making was that it is wrong to not complete the form completely and truthfully. Apart from possible processing delays (which is debatable), no one has explained the risks of completing the form honestly.

@JimmyB99

Personally don't think there's any risk in completing the form honestly.

Let's say me and a twin brother had very similar work history. One fills in the form correctly, and the other doesn't. I can't believe one ends up say, €170 a week worse off. He then asks why does my brother get so much more?, and is told , well you filled the form out wrong.

Can't see that standing up in court