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Planning for Retirement

Page updated 22 August 2022

It is never too early to start planning for retirement. In recognition of the complex issues involved in this preparation, People & Organisation Development offers a number of programmes to provide UCD employees with information on retirement planning and the UCD Pension Schemes.   

This one hour seminar is aimed at all employees who have commenced work in UCD within the last few months and who are members of the Single Public Service Scheme.  In general, members of the Single Scheme are new entrants to public service on or after 1 January 2013.

Prior to booking please confirm that you are a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme.  You can check this on your online pensions record through Employee Self Service on InfoHub.

Booking
For details of upcoming events or to book your place, please visit the  HR Pensions & Retirement booking centre.

If you have any further queries on this programme, please contact (opens in a new window)peopledevelopment@ucd.ie or call ext 4919.

 Additional Resources:

This one hour seminar is aimed at employees who are in the pre existing UCD Pension Schemes having joined the Public Sector pre 1st January 2013.  It will provide an overview of the two options available for those interested in voluntarily augmenting their UCD Pension Benefits: Additional Voluntary Contributions and Notional Service Purchase. Please note the Notional Service Option is only available to employees who have a potential of 9 years service in UCD and who joined the Public Sector pre 1st January 2013.

Note: Prior to booking please confirm that you are not a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme.  You can check this on your online pensions record through ESS

Booking
For details of upcoming events or to book your place, please visit the HR Pensions & Retirement booking centre

If you have any further queries on this programme, please contact (opens in a new window)peopledevelopment@ucd.ie or call ext 4919.

Who is this course for?

This two-day programme is an essential preparation for those staff who are considering retirement in the near future. The objective of the two-day programme is to provide participants with an overview of the wide-ranging changes associated with retirement, as well as guidance regarding personal retirement planning.  Note: This two day programme is run twice a year - November and June each year.

How long is this course?

This is a two-day course held on consecutive days.

What topics will be covered?

  • Planning for retirement
  • Health & Lifestyle 
  • Psychological Preparation / Social Engagement 
  • State Pension and Social Welfare 
  • Finance / Money 
  • Legal 
  • Taxation 

Do I need to prepare anything before or after the session? 

No, Pauline will have the workbooks with her on the day and will guide you through it. The “Your Retirement Workbook” is designed to support the information and the other materials course participants receive as part of their retirement planning course. The exercises within this workbook are structured to help participants collect their thoughts about retirement, reflect on their own personal circumstances and to stimulate different ways of thinking and generate new ideas. Participants are asked to work through the content of this workbook to help them design a meaningful plan for making the most of their time in retirement.

Booking

For details of upcoming events or to book your place on available courses, please visit the (opens in a new window)HR - Professional Development booking centre  If your chosen course is fully booked or no longer available, you can access the UCD LinkedIn learning portal via your UCD Connect login where you will find a range of eLearning courses. 

If you have any further queries on this programme, please contact (opens in a new window)peopledevelopment@ucd.ie or call ext 4919.

UCD People & Organisation Development

Roebuck Offices, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 4919 | E: peopledevelopment@ucd.ie