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Pensions: teachers and non-teaching staff
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The Department of Education administers pension schemes for:
- teaching staff (primary, secondary and community and comprehensive schools) and
- non-teaching staff (special needs assistants, certain clerical officers and certain caretakers in primary schools).
The department also has an advisory and regulatory role in relation to pension schemes in Education and Training Boards (ETBs), Institutes of Technology, Universities, Colleges of Education and certain education bodies.
Use the Pensions Modeller / Estimator to estimate your potential pension benefits.
Information and application forms for teachers and non-teaching staff planning to retire in 2021 is available here.
Further to Department of Education Circular 0003/2021 - Waiver of Abatement of Public Sector Pensions under Section 52 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012.
Please be aware that retired teachers returning to classrooms until the end of the current school term will not have their pension abated.
Access important information after retirement, including:
The pensions unit may be contacted by:
E-mail: pensions@education.gov.ie
All emails are acknowledged upon receipt and your query will be dealt with as soon as possible.
Phone line number
2:30pm - 5:30pm: 090 648-4189
If you cannot reach us on the above number, the following Customer Service telephone numbers are available at the times and days listed below. This is a temporary measure to facilitate remote working during the Covid pandemic.
| 2.30pm-4pm | ||
| Monday | 090 648-4167 or 090 648-4165 | |
| Tuesday & Thursdays | 090 648-4082 or 090 648-4165 | |
| Wednesday & Fridays | 090 648-4167 |
*NB – Please have your PPS number to hand before you call, to ensure your query can be dealt with as expeditiously as possible.
Address: Department of Education, Pensions Unit, Cornamaddy, Athlone, County Westmeath. N37 X659
Staff of ETBs, third level institutions and other bodies under the aegis of the department should contact the Pensions Administrators in their particular ETB/Institution/Body in the first instance
