Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)
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272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62467/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Education and Youth welcomes the upcoming commencement of the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings System in January 2026, which will be administered by the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA).

Responsibility for employer compliance with the scheme lies with NAERSA. Revenue, will provide payroll data to NAERSA who will then use this in identification and enrolment of eligible employees.

Employers will be required to complete their profile on the MyFutureFund employer portal using their Revenue Online Services (ROS) credentials before January 2026 to ensure they are compliant with their obligations under the legislation. They must ensure that their payroll systems are capable of calculating and submitting contributions, and that employee contributions are matched in accordance with the scheme’s requirements.

It is important to note that all employers, to comply with the legislation underpinning MyFutureFund, regardless of their status or funding arrangements. This also includes where employees are on short term contracts or working multiple part-time jobs.

As part of the 2026 Budgetary process, additional funding has been provided to support auto-enrolment costs arising in organisations funded through the Department. This funding will be allocated across the education and youth sectors as part of the Revised Estimates process.