Because I have lived in various countries and paid tax abroad, will I be entitled to an Irish pension and healthcare? From a macro level, yes there is scope to have an entitlement to an Irish State pension and healthcare, as well as having options to facilitate the transfer and accumulation of any private pensions and/or pension schemes from abroad into a private Irish pension. This pension combines your Irish social insurance record and your social insurance record in the other country. Regarding any overseas pension plans or occupational pension schemes where you are still in or have left service, it is important to note that any possibility to access pension savings and/or to transfer pension savings to Ireland from another country will be dependent on the rules and regulations applying in the country in which the pension savings have been made. - the rules of both the Irish and overseas scheme permit the transfer.

Source: The Irish Times March 29, 2018 12:17 UTC