Ireland/Canada social security agreement

layman

Hi,

I've been working here for a number of years and I'm moving permanently to Canada soon as a PR. I understand that there is an Ireland/Canada social security agreement so that my contributions in Ireland are recognised in Canada. The part that I don't know is what sort of paperwork from Ireland to I need to bring to Canada so that they know that I've been paying social insurance here in Ireland to take that into account?

Thank you.

circular flexing

Hopefully this should help, note that the agreement only covers pensions/death benefits and no other schemes are covered.

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-international/ireland.html

the_syco

Read this; http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/1704_Which-payments-are-covered-by-the-Agreement.aspx

The Irish payments covered under the Agreement are:

State Pension (Contributory) (payable at age 66),
State Pension (Transition) (payable at age 65),
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension,
Guardian's Payment (Contributory),
Invalidity Pension,
and
Bereavement Grant.

The Canadian payments covered under the Agreement are:
Under the Old Age Security Act:

basic Old Age Security Pension,
Guaranteed Income Supplement,
and
Allowance for the survivor.
Under the Canada Pension Plan:

Retirement Pension,
Disability Benefits,
and
Survivor's Benefits.