Country guide
Pay transparency in Ireland
What the EU Pay Transparency Directive means for employers in Ireland, based on its national transposition — status, thresholds, the joint-assessment trigger, and where to file.
Ireland has not transposed the Directive (deadline missed). Its existing Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 regime remains in force; a directive transposition bill was published 15 January 2025, but the government has confirmed it will not fully meet the 7 June 2026 deadline — implementation is phased and reporting tools are still in development. Separately, s. 6 of the 2021 Act requires the Minister to cause a review of the functioning of ss. 2 to 5 "before the 4th anniversary of the date of commencement of this section"; commencement was 31 May 2022, so that review fell due before 31 May 2026 and is already past. Its outcome could change the regime and is not tracked here.
Ireland has a transposition bill in progress but has not yet enacted it. The figures below reflect the directive's defaults and the draft as it stands, and may change before the law is final.
Ireland sets reporting duties by employer size; the table below lists each band as the law states it. The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
The pay-gap figures must be published, not just filed with the authority. Either way, the underlying work is the same: establish work of equal value through gender-neutral job evaluation, produce the statutory pay-gap report in the national format, and run a joint assessment where the gap is too wide.
Obligations at a glance
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| Joint pay assessment | The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public publication | Required | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Competent authority | Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frequently asked
Is the EU Pay Transparency Directive in force in Ireland?
Ireland has a transposition bill in progress but has not yet enacted it. The figures below reflect the directive's defaults and the draft as it stands, and may change before the law is final.
Which employers have to report in Ireland?
Ireland sets reporting duties by employer size; the table below lists each band as the law states it. 250 or more employees, from 2022.
What triggers a joint pay assessment in Ireland?
The directive's 5% trigger for a joint pay assessment applies until national law sets its own.
This guide summarises publicly available information for orientation only. It is not legal advice — confirm every figure against the national transposition text (Ireland) before relying on it.