Jack Frost
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Greetings,
I am hoping someone can clarify if my wife will be entitled to a full contributory pension. She is 65 years old and is from Germany, but has lived and worked in Ireland since 2008 when she was 51. The company she worked for closed down 2 years ago and she didn't seek further employment or claim any benefits. So she has 12 years class A contributions, (ie 624). Before she moved here, she doesn't really have to many SW contributions in Germany, other than about 3 years of SW contributions back in the late 70's early 80's.
My question is, does the clock start ticking when calculating her overall contributions when she first started working in Ireland in 2008, thereby I think entitling her to the max pension, or will she need to go back and find the few years contributions she made in Germany and receive a pro-rata amount.
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.
I am hoping someone can clarify if my wife will be entitled to a full contributory pension. She is 65 years old and is from Germany, but has lived and worked in Ireland since 2008 when she was 51. The company she worked for closed down 2 years ago and she didn't seek further employment or claim any benefits. So she has 12 years class A contributions, (ie 624). Before she moved here, she doesn't really have to many SW contributions in Germany, other than about 3 years of SW contributions back in the late 70's early 80's.
My question is, does the clock start ticking when calculating her overall contributions when she first started working in Ireland in 2008, thereby I think entitling her to the max pension, or will she need to go back and find the few years contributions she made in Germany and receive a pro-rata amount.
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.