Pensions: Teachers and Non-teaching Staff

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.

Access the Pension Estimator (Modeller)

Find application forms and information about the retirement process here.

Access important information after retirement, including:

• Supplementary Pensions Application Forms
• Death Benefits
• Retirement Pack

Access information and application forms for pension schemes.