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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.
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.
Provisional Phone line numbers
10:30am - 12:30pm: 087 6502108 or 087 1751503
2pm – 4pm: 087 4093723 or 090648-4189
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
