Invalidity Pension entitlement - living in Northern Ireland

Bocking 14

If a person is self-employed and paying PRSI in the Republic of Ireland but living in Northern Ireland, are they entitled to apply for an Invalidity Pension in ROI?

The Citizens Information and Welfare websites seem ambiguous as they mention the habitual residence condition but then "resident in the state" when applying.

Thanks in advance

splinter65

Bocking 14 wrote: »

If a person is self-employed and paying PRSI in the Republic of Ireland but living in Northern Ireland, are they entitled to apply for an Invalidity Pension in ROI?

The Citizens Information and Welfare websites seem ambiguous as they mention the habitual residence condition but then "resident in the state" when applying.

Thanks in advance

Pensions under EU Law/Bilateral Agreements
Application for Invalidity Pension should be made through the country of residence. The claim is then transferred to the other institution concerned along with medical evidence and details of employment. Validation of the claimant's insurance and medical case history requires liaison between this department and the appropriate institution in the foreign state.

Once the insurance contributions history in both states and compliance with the medical criteria has been established, EU and Bilateral cases broadly follow the procedures above.

banie01

Splinter65's advice above is right.

You apply in country of residence, they then review any contributions paid in foreign/EU countries.

I recently had to go through the process with a few years of Spanish contributions.

Now what I don't know, is if applying in country of residence as a cross border worker, means that the UK rate of pension applies?
Or the Irish?

I know in my own instance, not a cross border worker but with EU contributions and Irish(majority) and Irish citizen it was awarded at Irish rate.

Mrs OBumble

Some info and perhaps a better Social Welfare link here:

http://borderpeople.info/a-z/invalidity-pension-in-ireland.html




(I'm really confused how you can be paying PRSI here when you don't live here. I could perhaps understand it if you were a PAYE employee here, but given that you're self employed, why aren't all your tax affairs based in the country you live in.)