Useful Resources
Below we have provided a list of website you may find beneficial.
We provide support, information, and guidance to people planning for retirement. Having worked with organisations and individuals across Ireland for over 40 years, we offer practical courses and seminars that talk through the financial and lifestyle changes retirement can bring and help people prepare for the time ahead.
Website URL: www.rpc.ie/
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory body responsible for promoting compliance with and enforcing, competition and consumer protection law in Ireland. The CCPC strives to improve consumer welfare across the economy by enforcing over 40 legislative instruments, including product safety legislation.
Their aim is to make markets work better for consumers. To achieve this, they work to influence public debate and policy development, grow public understanding of the importance of open and competitive markets, promote competition and highlight the interests of consumers.
The CCPC provides information to consumers about their rights, personal finance, and product safety, through a consumer helpline, a dedicated section of our website, public awareness campaigns, and through our various financial education initiatives.
The CCPC was established on 31 October 2014 after the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority were amalgamated.
Website URL: www.ccpc.ie
The Authority regulates occupational pension schemes, trust RACs, and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs).
This website provides you with access to a comprehensive range of information and guidance material to help you understand pensions. The information is organised under five separate personas to assist you to access the most relevant information for you.
Other supports such as Understanding Your Pension, Pension Calculator, Model Disclosure Documents, Trustee e-Learning, and the Trustee Handbook are all accessible here on our website.
Their information and guidance help those involved in managing pensions such as trustees, administrators, employers, and advisors understand their obligations under the Pensions Act and how to meet them.
Website URL: www.pensionsauthority.ie/en/
The Citizens Information Board is the statutory body that supports the provision of information, advice, and advocacy on a broad range of public and social services. It provides the Citizens Information website, citizens information.ie, and supports the voluntary network of Citizens Information Centres and the Citizens Information Phone Service provides comprehensive information on public services and on the entitlements of citizens in Ireland. We gather information from various government departments and agencies and make sure that you have all the information you need, presented in an easy-to-understand way.
The site has been specially designed around the needs of users for those times in life when you need information about your rights and how to apply for State services in Ireland.
Citizensinformation.ie was developed, and is maintained by the Citizens Information Board. Citizensinformation.ie website is an Irish eGovernment initiative and was originally established under the Government’s first action plan for the Information Society.
Website URL: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/
As the regulator of financial service providers and markets in Ireland, the Central Bank has to ensure that the best interests of consumers are protected. The Central Bank works to develop a positive consumer-focused culture within regulated firms, ensuring the consumer protection framework remains effective by reviewing, developing, and enhancing the protections in place and by influencing and shaping European and international developments, and monitoring and enforcing compliance with the required standards through themed reviews and inspections.
Wesbite URL: www.centralbank.ie/