If you think you may qualify for a payment under the Agreement contact your local social welfare office in the country in which you live.
For details of payment rates and of reckonable Irish contributions, please see booklet SW19 "Social Welfare Rates of Payment" which highlights each class of Irish social insurance (PRSI) and the benefits each entitles you to.
Log on to 'www.welfare.ie' for more information
In Ireland you can get further information:
For State Pension, Widow's/Widower's Pension, or Guardian's Payment (Contributory), contact:
Department of Social & Family Affairs
Social Welfare Services
College Road
Sligo
Telephone LoCall: 1890 500 000
Note:
The rates charged for using 1890 (LoCall) numbers may vary among different service providers
For Invalidity Pensions, contact:
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Invalidity Pension Section,
Ballinalee Road,
Longford
Telephone: LoCall 1890 927 770
For Bereavement Grant contact Social Welfare Services in Sligo if a pension has been in payment from there. In all other cases, contact:
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Bereavement Grants Section,
Ballinalee Road,
Longford
Telephone: LoCall 1890 927 770
For more information on Temporary Assignments contact:
Department of Social and Family Affairs
P.R.S.I. Special Collections
Cork Road
Waterford
Telephone: (051) 356000
If phoning from outside Ireland, dial the international access code (usually 00), then country code 353, and then leave out the 0 from the area code shown in the above numbers.
In Korea, contact:
National Pension Service
7-16 Shincheon-dong
Songpa-gu
Seoul.
Telephone (if residing in Ireland): 0082 2 397 9622
Telephone (if residing in Korea): (02) 397 9622
Website: 'www.nps.or.kr'