The European Commission has launched a public consultation on supplementary pensions. Section 5 of the consultation document contains questions related to a review of the IORP II Directive. The consultation also contains sections on pension dashboards, pension tracking systems, auto-enrolment, and a review of the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) Regulation. The public consultation process
The objectives of the Pensions Authority’s Statement of Strategy 2025-2029 build on the priorities set out in our 2022-2024 statement. As before, our priority is good outcomes for members and beneficiaries of pension schemes and PRSA contributors. All pension savers are entitled to high standards of consumer protection and clear communications about their benefits. In
Today, the Pensions Authority publishes an address by Brendan Kennedy, Pensions Regulator, to the Irish Association of Pension Funds summer conference, held on 27 May 2025. The presentation can be viewed here.
Today, the Pensions Authority publishes a consultation on consolidation of defined benefit pension schemes. The closing date for submissions to the consultation is 4 July 2025. A consultation paper and submission form are available on the Open consultation papers area of our website.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched its fifth EU-wide stress test for pension schemes (IORPs) on Monday 7 April 2025. The 2025 stress test will focus on the impact of adverse market developments on the liquidity position of IORPs. A limited number of Irish pension schemes are required to participate in this
4 April 2025: Today, the Pensions Authority publishes its supervisory activities report for 2024. The purpose of the report is to share observations on the key findings identified during the Authority’s 2024 supervisory activities, which included the introduction of the supervisory review process (SRP) for a number of multi-employer master trusts (MTs) and defined benefit (DB) and
1 April 2025: Today, the Pensions Authority publishes the address by Brendan Kennedy, Pensions Regulator to the Irish Association of Pension Funds’ Spring Conference held on 13 March 2025. Included in the address are a number of additional clarifications to questions raised at the conference. The text of the presentation is available in the Related File(s)
10 March 2025: Today, the Pensions Authority publishes details of arrangements for the first reporting of the registers of information required under DORA article 28(3) Article 28(3) of DORA requires pension schemes with 16 or more active and deferred members to maintain and update a register of information (ROI). In order to submit a ROI to the
31 January 2025: Today, the Pensions Authority publishes a revised personal retirement savings account (PRSA) code of conduct. Revised code of conduct for PRSA providers Under the Pensions Act, the Authority is required to prepare, and amend from time to time, a code of conduct (the code) with respect to the producing, marketing and selling of
17 January 2025: Today, the Pensions Authority publishes details of how pension schemes subject to the DORA regulation can report major ICT-related incidents and make voluntary reports of significant cyber threats. Details can be found here.
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