We have tested different approaches for submitting pension contribution. Downloading contributions from your payroll system and submitting them to us electronically has proven to be the approach that is most efficient and least prone to error and delay, for both you and us. We work with a number of payroll providers with the result that your payroll department can easily use this facility.
We are able to facilitate payroll download files from the following providers:
Ardbrook support
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
For information on how to generate a payroll file please contact Ardbrook support directly on 01 838 2921.
Big Red Book support line:
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
For information on how to generate a payroll file please contact Big Red Book support directly on 01 204 8300.
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act)..
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe...
The setup document explains payroll download with Collsoft.
The following is information you may require in the set up.
- Description - Irish Life pension
- Pension scheme number -60****
- Type - pension
- Provider - Irish Life, Lower Abbey St, Dublin 1.
- Email - code@irishlife.ie
- File Name - this is the location and name of the file you will save – E.g C:\pension1.txt (please include extension type – it is necessary for our internal system to identify a file type)
Issue frequency – Monthly
If you have any queries please contact the Collsoft support directly on (046) 90 50 800 or email info@collsoft.ie
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
The setup document explains payroll download with Core.
Go to page 9 of this document to determine if the facility to produce this report is provided in the version of Core being used.
If not, please contact Core to arrange. Core can arrange to supply the necessary software if required.
Any costs incurred are taken care of between Core and Irish Life.
The following is information you may require in the set up.
- Irish Life, Lower Abbey St., Dublin 1
- Provider scheme reference: 60____
If you have any queries please contact the Core support directly:
IRL: +353 56 7763457
UK: +44 121 4562192
Email: kieran.walsh@corehr.com
Web: www.corehr.com
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
The setup document explains payroll download with Herbst.
The following is provider information you may require in the set up.
- Provider ID: Irish Life
- Address: Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey St., Dublin 1.
- Provider Scheme: reference is 60****
- Provider email address: code@irishlife.ie
If you have any queries please contact the Herbst support directly on 0404 67164.
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
The setup document explains payroll download with Intelligo Megapay.
The following is information you may require in the set up.
- Scheme details – provider reference code – 60****
- Provider - Irish Life, Lower Abbey St, Dublin 1.
- Email - code@irishlife.ie
The creation of a report is laid out in the attached and it gives you the option to do a preview and print off a hardcopy of the information on the file for the given period.
If you have any queries please contact the Intelligo support directly on 01 2724630.
Jefferson support
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
For information on how to generate a payroll file please contact Jefferson support directly on 01 261 4244 and 01 261 4232.
Keysolve support
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
For information on how to generate a payroll file please contact Keysolve support directly on 0404 60300.
Northgate HR support:
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
For information on how to generate a payroll file please contact Northgate HR support directly on 01 4814 300.
Pascal support
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
For information on how to generate a payroll file please contact Pascal support directly on 01 284 1888.
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
The setup document explains payroll download with Quantum.
The following is information you may require in the set up.
- Description - Irish Life pension
- Reference – 60****
- Type - pension
- Provider Name & Address - Irish Life, Lower Abbey St, Dublin 1.
- Email - code@irishlife.ie
- Output File- this is location and name of the file you will save - E.g. C:\pension1.txt
- Issue frequency - monthly
- Last issue - the date on which you last created a pension file.
If you have any queries please contact the Quantum support directly on 01 2130737 or email info@qss.ie
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
The setup document explains payroll download with Sage Micropay.
The details below give more details on the steps to create the link:
Start Sage Micropay and sign on as Admin
From Tables and Menu, select Pension Link. On this screen please complete as follows:
- Click - Find
- Link – 001
- Description - Irish Life pension
- Scheme details – provider reference code – 60**** (This is the six digit number assigned by Irish Life to your pension scheme)
- Type - pension
- Provider - Irish Life, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1.
- Email - code@irishlife.ie
- Electronic reporting
- File Overdue Warning - ensure this box is ticked
- File Name - this is location and name of the file you will save - e.g. C:\pension\pension1.pen (please always include an extension type .pen or .txt)
- Issue frequency - Monthly
- Last issue - the date on which you last created a pension file
- Per the document you then check your deduction set up. The pension deduction for employees contributing to the scheme needs to be assigned to the link created.
- Then go to reports to remit a file.
- The initial file you produce will have cumulative totals (you can submit this to me as a test file).
- Once you click Remit in reports this file goes to the location you noted in the link set-up above. It is here you retrieve the file and can email it to myself.
- This facility can be used for a monthly report whether you have weekly or monthly payrolls.
- These files upload automatically onto our system by way of unique identifier (PPS number)
If you have any queries please contact the Sage support directly on 01 642 0800.
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
The setup document explains payroll download with Sage Quickpay.
The details below give more details on the steps to create the link:
Start Sage Quickpay and sign on as Admin.
From Tables and Menu, select Pension Link. On this screen please complete as follows:
- Click - Find
- Link – 001
- Description - Irish Life pension
- Scheme details - reference code – 60****
- Type - pension
- Provider - Irish Life, Lower Abbey st, Dublin 1.
- Email - code@irishlife.ie
- Electronic reporting
- File Overdue Warning - ensure this box is ticked
- File Name - this is location and name of the file you will save - EG C:\pension1
- Issue frequency - Monthly
- Last issue - is the date on which you last created a pension file.
If you have any queries please contact the Sage support directly on 01 642 0800.
By using this payroll download facility manual intervention is completely eliminated. There are very obvious benefits, especially the assurance of 100% accuracy as the pension contribution information is downloaded directly from your payroll system and is uploaded directly onto our business systems in Irish Life. Another important benefit is that the payroll download development helps employers to meet their compliance obligations in relation to the '21 day rule' (Pensions Amendment Act).
The requirement is that all contributions deducted from employees and due from employers must be paid to the pension scheme within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were deducted or became due. It is your responsibility to ensure that you arrange for the transmission of this report and payment of contributions within the prescribed timeframe.
The setup document explains payroll download with Thesaurus.
The following is information you may require in the set up.
- Description - Irish Life pension
- Scheme details - reference code – 60****
- Type - pension
- Provider - Irish Life, Lower Abbey St, Dublin 1.
- Email - code@irishlife.ie
- File Name - this is location and name of the file you will save – E.g. C:\pension1.txt
- Issue frequency - Monthly
- Last issue - is the date on which you last created a pension file.
If you have any queries please contact the Thesaurus support directly on 01 8352074
By using payroll software download you can download pension contribution details and send them electronically to us. This file can then be uploaded directly to our business systems. It is a seamless process with no manual intervention. Our experience is that our clients have found this to be an excellent benefit.
If you are interested in this service or you have any questions, please contact Kathleen Delaney on (01) 704 1434 or Philip Harris on (01) 704 2466.
