State pension record shows EU contributions for a no. of years but not counted?

An individual starts work in 68/69 and then goes to uk. Comes back in 2001 and works to retirement this year end of February. The social insurance record shows all contributions but from 68/69 til 76/77 the record has a column showing eu contributions and then nothing until 2000/01 when work resumed in ireland. These EU contributions total 421 but they have not been included in the overall total for averaging purposes. What are they and do they count?
For the year 2017 they have been credited with 39 instead of 52, where does the 13 disappear to?

The missing 13 does not impact the overall average but curious.

Can't answer your first question.

The 2017 contributions may not be complete yet, which might explain the 39 contributions instead of 52.

Work Jan/Feb - let's say 8 weekly PRSI contributions were made. Employer hasn't submitted 2017 returns yet, so they're not on the record.
If the record was compiled at end November, then there are 4 or 5 weeks in December that haven't been counted yet.
The remaining 39 have been credited because the person is on a DEASP payment of some type, I'm guessing?

Not sure if I understand this correctly.
Started work in Ireland 68/69.
Did he work in Ireland or UK between 68/69 and 76/77
Did he pay NI contributions in the UK

Yes they worked in various jobs in uk between 68/69 - 76/77 and they paid up their ni contributions to achieve a uk pension but they only had to have 30 years uk for full pension. Some rule change apparently.

NOAH said:

Yes they worked in various jobs in uk between 68/69 - 76/77 and they paid up their ni contributions to achieve a uk pension but they only had to have 30 years uk for full pension. Some rule change apparently.

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EU rules are:

- If you qualify for a full pension in the UK, then that is where it ends. So if say you had 41 and only needed 30, the other 11 are dead
- EU contributions are not taken into account in calculating your qualification for an Irish pension
- If you have already qualified for a full UK pension, then you will get a partial Irish pension based on the Irish contributions
- UK contributions only come into play if you fail to qualify for a full pension in either the UK or Ireland. In which case various calculations will be made to try and maximise your total pension using the contributions from both the UK and Ireland.