Key Terms  - 

NEARSA - National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority

AEPN -  Automatic Enrolment Payroll Notification

AECS - Automatic Enrolment Contributions Submission

NAERSA will have overall responsibility for the management, operation, and development of AE. 

NAERSA will be a statutory independent body regulated by the Irish Pensions Authority.

Scheme Start Date

The Auto-Enrolment scheme is scheduled to begin on 1 January 2026.

Registration

Employers must register on the My Future Fund Portal/website

The Portal will open on the 1st of December (hopefully) – no details available yet

All Information can be found at 

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/campaigns/auto-enrolment/

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/news/auto-enrolment-latest-news-and-events/

How does it work?

NAERSA has been collecting employee information from PSRs sent over a 13 week period

NAERSA will determine the employee's eligibility and communicate this to the employer.

The instruction is sent to the employers by way of an AEPN – (this works in the same way as an RPN)

TPM & BP will then enrol the employee into the scheme – 

NAERSA will receive information in respect of new employees when an employment is registered with Revenue. 

How does the information get to NEARSA ?

The payroll systems will create a AECS to be submitted

This works in the same way as a PSR – it must be sent before the pay date

AEPN Details

Are recorded in the employee’s file

BrightPay has an option for users to send AE information letters to their employees