The main purpose of MadeSimple is to de jargon pension and employment benefits for employees in Ireland.

MadeSimple hosts free online webinars on financial topics including pensions, investments & savings, mortgages, budgeting and life protection.

🎓 What Will You Learn?

These webinars provide vital insights into your pension scheme, including:

✔️ Your Membership Benefits – Learn what the Teachers’ Pension Scheme provides for you and your family.

✔️ Scheme Changes – Understand how recent updates impact your annual pension and lump sum payments.

✔️ Planning for Retirement – Discover what decisions you need to make to prepare, including early retirement options.

✔️ Boosting Your Retirement Funds – Explore financial planning strategies and savings options.

Please share this information with the teachers in your school who may benefit.

One of the questions we get asked most frequently here at Made Simple Financial Advice is, when can I retire?

Although it’s a simple question, unfortunately, like most things in pensions, the answer is not so straightforward because it’s dependent upon which pension scheme you’re a member of. And if you didn’t know, there are four different pensions for public sector workers, each with their own specific benefits and entitlements.

View the videos below for some insight and information about each of the pensions, Visit Our Blog or Get In Touch.

Schedule of Webinars
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Teacher Pension & Financial Planning
– Post 2013 Entrants (Single Pension Scheme Members)

Your pension scheme is very different to the three other pension schemes for public sector workers that [Read More]

📆 Next Date TBC

Teacher Pension & Financial Planning; 1995-2004 Entrants

Under this pension, generally your normal retirement age is 60 and you are on the A rate of PRSI. And what that means is that when you retire, you’ll be entitled to some pension from your employer and you’ll also have an entitlement to the contributory state pension from the Department of Social Protection.[Read More]

📆 Next Date TBC

Teacher Pension & Retirement Planning: 2004-2012 Entrants

You are what’s known as a new entrant for pension scheme purposes, and when you get to retirement, you’ll be entitled to some of your pension from your employer and some from the Department of Social Protection.[Read More]

📆 Next Date TBC

Teacher Pension & Retirement Planning:
Pre 1995 Entrants (D rate of PRSI)

You’re on what’s known as the D rate of PRSI. And what this means for you is that you have no automatic entitlement to a contributory state pension, but all of your pension comes from your employer. [Read More]

📆 Next Date TBC

Other Webinars To Keep An Eye Out For Include:

• Get Mortgage Ready Webinar
• Teachers Retiring in 2023-2024  – (What to do Before & After)