Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
815. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the progress of plans to ensure that employees and retired teachers can receive their payslips electronically; the estimated timeframe for the implementation of this system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42009/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department plans to use the Digital Postbox to provide electronic versions of payslips to payees in late 2022. This will include payees who are in receipt of a pension payment.
The Digital Postbox service was developed by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) to provide a safe and secure way for public service bodies to communicate with their customers and at the same time reduce costs and paper waste.
My Department is putting in place an internal technical solution to produce and transfer PDF versions of a payee’s fortnightly payslip to the Digital Postbox for those payees that open an account. If a payee chooses not to open an account then a payslip can continue to be printed and posted.
Detailed information on how to sign up to this service will be communicated to all payees nearer to the time of the launch of the service.
