Pay transparency in Ireland
Draft stage
Ireland missed the 7 June 2026 deadline; the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality confirmed this to the Dáil in May 2026. The pre-employment rules (Art. 5) are in the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (published 15 January 2025, pre-legislative scrutiny completed October 2025). A separate Pay Transparency Bill for the rest of the directive is still being drafted. Press reports in November 2026 say the government aims to enact the law 'as soon as possible in 2027'.
Draft · legal review pending, not yet published.
Last checked: 10/11/2026. This overview is not legal advice. Laws change; the linked legal text is what counts.
- National law
- General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; Pay Transparency Bill (in preparation) (General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; Pay Transparency Bill (in preparation))
- In force since
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- Job ads
- No rule yet. No pay disclosure is required today. The General Scheme would require employers to state the salary level or range in job advertisements, which goes beyond the directive's 'ad or before interview' option. Press reports in November 2026 still describe this plan.
- Asking about previous pay
- No legal ban yet
- Workers' right to information
- There is no general right to comparator pay information yet. It is to come with the separate Pay Transparency Bill.
- Pay reporting
- Under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 and the 2025 amending regulations, employers with 50+ employees must publish an annual gender pay gap report: a June snapshot date, publication within five months and by end-November at the latest, including mean and median hourly pay gaps.
- Penalties
- Not yet specified for the new duties. The Department of Children, Disability and Equality has said employers will not be penalised for not having all elements in place in June 2026.
Not verified: No official Irish source could be opened: gov.ie returned 403 and no Oireachtas bill page was found. The Dáil reply of 26 May 2026 is known only from secondary sources. The '2027' target comes from press coverage. Penalties under the existing gender pay gap regime were not verified.
32% of job ads in Ireland state pay
5,535 of 17,125 ads on employer career sites and applicant tracking systems in the last month; 23% for tech-related titles (292 of 1,261). Measured on 11/11/2026 via Active Jobs DB; includes pay read from the ad text.
IT salaries in IrelandSources
- Irish Government publishes draft legislation implementing parts of the EU Pay Transparency Directive · Lewis Silkin · 31/01/2025
- Employers won't be 'penalised' as Ireland to miss deadline to introduce EU pay transparency law · The Irish Times · 10/03/2026
- Implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive in Ireland: Where do things stand? · A&L Goodbody · 12/03/2026
- Key updates to gender pay gap reporting in Ireland in 2025 · Lewis Silkin · 19/06/2025
- Ireland plans to require salary ranges in job adverts and ban pay-history questions from 2027 · Remote Work Europe (citing TheJournal.ie) · 06/11/2026