How to get your Ireland pension statement

PRSI Contribution Statement

Known in English as the Social insurance (PRSI) contribution record. Look for this name on the site — it may not be translated.

• Your PPS number (Personal Public Service number).
• A verified MyGovID account. Note that full verification has historically depended on holding a Public Services Card, which is difficult to obtain from outside Ireland.

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   Go to MyWelfare.ie

   This is the Department of Social Protection's online service, and the fastest route to your PRSI record.

   Open this page ↗
2. 2
   Sign in with MyGovID

   A basic MyGovID account covers some services; a contribution statement generally needs a verified account.
3. 3
   Request your contribution statement

   The statement lists your reckonable paid and credited contributions by year — these are what the State Pension (Contributory) is assessed on.
4. 4
   Check for gaps and credited contributions

   Credits (for example while receiving certain payments) can count toward eligibility even in years you did not pay PRSI, so a year with no paid contributions is not automatically an empty year.
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   If you can't verify online, request it by post

   The Department's PRSI Records section in Waterford will issue a contribution statement by post on written request quoting your PPS number, full name, date of birth and address.

You can't get a verified MyGovID because you have no Public Services Card

Use the postal route to PRSI Records. This is the common case for people who left Ireland before the card existed.

You don't know your PPS number

It appears on old Irish payslips, P60s and correspondence from Revenue. The Department can trace it with your full name, date of birth, mother's birth surname and your Irish address at the time.

Your record is short of the minimum for a contributory pension

EU rules and bilateral agreements can let contributions from other countries count toward the qualifying conditions. Raise it when you apply — it is not applied automatically.

Whether a basic (rather than verified) MyGovID is now sufficient for a contribution statement, and the current postal address for PRSI Records, both need confirming against the live site.

Upload the statement to your vault and we'll read the figures out of it — balances, benefits, vesting and retirement ages — and tell you what changed since your last one.