Pensions

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has welcomed yesterday's High Court ruling which found that the State’s failure to provide a spouse’s pension to a ‘qualified cohabitant’ is incompatible with the Constitution. As reported in Irish Legal News today, Mr Justice Ci

The High Court has determined that the failure of the Civil Service Spouses’ and Children’s Contributory Pension Scheme to provide an unmarried cohabitee with a spouses’ pension is incompatible with Article 40.1 of the Constitution. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justic

Regulations are now in place setting out the minimum contribution requirements that occupational pensions schemes must satisfy if participation in these schemes is to be used as the basis for claiming exemption from enrolment into MyFutureFund. Social protection minister Dara Calleary highlighted th

A new online portal has been launched to support and facilitate employers’ engagement with MyFutureFund, the new automatic retirement savings scheme. The MyFutureFund Employer Portal provides employers with the platform to complete their profile and choose a payment method in advance of the st

With just seven weeks until Ireland's auto-enrolment pension scheme goes live, social protection minister Dara Calleary has urged employers to complete their preparations. Mr Calleary made the comments to more than 350 attendees at a webinar hosted by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran.

The National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA) has been formally established ahead of the introduction of MyFutureFund next year.

The majority of Irish businesses are not fully prepared for pensions auto-enrolment, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has found. The business law firm surveyed 270 employers at its recent webinar, finding that most companies are still finalising plans, despite the scheme taking effect on 1 Janua

Key senior personnel have been appointed to the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA) ahead of the establishment of the pension auto-enrolment scheme next year. Dara Calleary, the minister for social protection, today announced the appointment of Dermot Griffin as the CE

William Fry lawyers Ciara McLoughlin and Ciara Kelliher summarise the key findings of the Pensions Authority 2024 Supervisory Activities report, highlighting takeaways for pension trustees. The Pensions Authority recently published its report on the supervisory activities that it carried out in 2024

Proposed new legislation would allow workers whose contract has a retirement age of 65 or under to work to the State Pension Age of 66 if they want. The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 sets out that that an employer may not enforce a contractual retirement age which is below the S

Arthur Cox lawyer Deirdre Cummins has been appointed as chairperson of the Pensions Council. The Pensions Council, An Chomhairle Pinsean, advises the minister for social protection on matters relating to policy on pensions.

Legislation providing for the automatic enrolment of around 800,000 workers into pension schemes next year has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 provides for a new retirement savings scheme for workers who are not already members of a pensio

New legislation on automatic pension enrolment will end Ireland's status as an international "outlier", the government has said. The Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024, which will shortly be brought to the Oireachtas, will pave the way for around 800,000 workers to be brought in

New legislation is set to prevent workers from being forced to retire before they reach the state pension age. Ministers have approved the general scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2023, which will prevent the enforcement of mandatory retirement ages lo

More than three-quarters of pension professionals believe that pensions regulations in Ireland are too complex, according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The business law firm surveyed more than 120 HR and pension professionals attending its recent webinar, Attracting & Retaining Ta