Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2026
913. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to section 39-funded, community-based services to cover the cost of the MyFutureFund, the new auto-enrolment pension scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5421/26]
View answerAuto-enrolment is a supplementary retirement system created by the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Act 2024Its key provisions commence on the 30th September 2025. It only covers employees who are not already members of an occupational or personal pension via payroll deductions
Many staff of voluntary bodies funded by the HSE under s.39 are already part of occupational pension schemes or have in place a personal pension via payroll deductions, auto-enrolment will not apply to those staff.
The HSE will be gathering data from the s.39 sector it funds over the coming months to establish what level of staff the auto-enrolment will apply to. This will enable an assessment of the likely scale / materiality of any cost of the auto-enrolment scheme for HSE funded s.39 employers.
That assessment will inform consideration of any funding issues and how best to address same.
