Expanding into Ireland?

How to choose an Employer of Record in Ireland

Any EOR can produce a payslip. Fewer can tell you what happens when a payroll submission misses the pay date, which of your hires My Future Fund has swept up since January, or how much notice an employee with nine years' service is owed. Those are the questions that separate providers in Ireland, and this page sets them out.

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Based in Killarney
Real Ireland specialists

Revenue filings on time
Payroll reported to Revenue on or before every pay date

What we handle for you

What an EOR takes on in Ireland compliantly in Ireland

You direct the job. The employer obligations sit with us.

Contracts written to Irish law, with the statement of core terms issued inside five days

PAYE, PRSI and USC deducted against the Revenue Payroll Notification for each employee

Payroll submissions filed on or before the day your employee is paid

Leave tracked across annual, statutory sick, maternity, paternity and parental entitlements

Statutory minimum notice applied by length of service, from one week to eight

Statutory redundancy worked out where an employee qualifies on service

Payroll and HR records held under GDPR with a documented access trail

Insurance cover in place, and a named person to escalate to

Who you deal with

A real person, not a chatbot.

A provider is worth what it is worth on the day something goes wrong. Ours is arranged so the person who answers already knows your contracts and your payroll history, rather than reading them for the first time while you wait.

Your Ireland team
Killarney, Co. Kerry

Choosing well

Eight questions to put to any Irish EOR

A provider that answers these well is one that has done the work before.

Compliance confidence

Irish payroll is reported in real time. What is their process when a submission would otherwise miss the pay date, and who carries the penalty if it does?

Payroll precision

My Future Fund auto-enrolment started on 1 January 2026. Can they tell you which of your employees it has already captured and what it adds to your cost per head?

Employer risk cover

If an employee brings a claim to the Workplace Relations Commission, who attends, who instructs, and whose insurance responds?

Data accountability

Which of you is the data controller for the payroll file, where is it stored, and how long is it kept after someone leaves?

Local HR knowledge

Do they know that unfair dismissal protection generally begins at twelve months' service, and will they tell you before a dismissal rather than after?

Honest onboarding times

What is their genuine onboarding time once the employee is registered with Revenue and an RPN is issued, rather than the figure on the homepage?

Predictable cost

Are they applying the 1 October 2026 PRSI increase to your forecasts already, or will it arrive as a surprise on an invoice?

Solid documentation

Can you download signed contracts, payslips and Revenue submission confirmations yourself, without opening a ticket?

Side by side

How we compare for Ireland

From €499 a month, with onboarding that holds up to scrutiny.

	Best for IrelandEOR Ireland	Deel	Oyster	RemoFirst	Remote	Papaya	Native Teams
Monthly fee	From €499	From $699	From $699	From $199+	From $699	From $699	Varies
A quoted fee that does not move
Ireland EOR specialists
Irish payroll and HR run by our own staff
Salary benchmarking for Irish roles at no charge
Familiarity with how Irish workplaces actually run
Contracts issued quickly once terms are agreed
Amendments handled without friction
Access to global hiring
A named account manager from day one

Competitor figures are taken from published list prices and can change with contract length, add-ons and volume. None of them include salary, employer PRSI or statutory benefits. Checked September 2026 and offered as a guide rather than a quote.

Proof, not marketing

Why employers moving into Ireland use us choose us

HR people who take a decision rather than escalate it back to you

Payroll filed to Revenue on or before each pay date, every cycle

A named route for escalations, answered the same working day

Plain answers on where your data sits and what is written down

The same onboarding sequence run for every hire

Records that survive a Revenue or WRC inspection

2026MyFutureFund live

Auto-enrolment is live, and it changes your cost per head

My Future Fund began on 1 January 2026, and eligible employees are enrolled automatically rather than on request. That makes it an employer cost, not an employee benefit decision, and it lands on top of PRSI. A provider should be able to tell you today which of your hires qualify, what the employer contribution comes to at their salary, and how it appears on your invoice. We administer it as part of the standard service.

Who this is for

Built for teams expanding into Ireland

Founders making a first hire in Ireland and comparing providers

HR teams checking whether a provider really handles real-time reporting and auto-enrolment

Finance teams that need employer PRSI and pension costs modelled before a headcount decision

Employers already using an EOR who suspect they are paying for less than they think

Frequently asked

Common questions on Irish EOR providers

Which company is the employer on paper?+

We are. The contract is signed between the employee and our Irish company, and we are the entity registered with Revenue as their employer. Your business directs the work and decides when the role ends, but the statutory employer duties rest with us.

How does an EOR run Irish payroll?+

Revenue issues a Payroll Notification for each employee setting their tax credits and cut-off point. Pay is calculated against it, PAYE, PRSI and USC are deducted, and a payroll submission goes to Revenue on or before the pay date. Ireland allows no monthly catch-up on this, which is why the process matters more here than in many countries.

What happens with pensions?+

Eligible employees are enrolled into My Future Fund automatically, and we administer that alongside payroll. If you want to offer an occupational scheme instead or as well, we can set that up and run the contributions through the same payroll.

Who carries the risk if a dismissal is challenged?+

As the employer of record, we are the respondent named in any claim to the Workplace Relations Commission, and we hold insurance against that exposure. Where a dismissal is your commercial decision, we will tell you in advance how defensible it looks under Irish law, because the two of us carry that outcome together.

How is employee data handled?+

Payroll data sits with us as controller for the employment record and with you as controller for the working relationship, and that split is written into the agreement rather than left to assumption. We will tell you which systems hold the data and how long records are kept after an employee leaves.

Is the pricing fixed?+

We use predictable pricing you can budget around. Where add-ons apply, we flag them upfront rather than springing them on you mid-contract.

Can the contract be changed after signing?+

Yes. Pay rises, promotions and changes to hours or location are routine, and we issue a written amendment for each so the record stays clean. Where a change reduces an employee's terms, it needs their agreement, and we will tell you that before anything is sent.

Is support handled in Ireland?+

Yes. A question about statutory sick leave entitlement or a WRC procedure has no generic answer, so you get someone who works on Irish employment rather than a first-line agent following a script.

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