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Auto-Enrolment Opt-Out Window Checker (MyFutureFund)

The ordinary MyFutureFund opt-out window is defined from the date your enrolment notice was given, not from a rounded month count. This checker works in real Irish calendar dates from the notice you were actually given, against section 54 of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024. It does not invent a refund from salary: the statutory refund is the participant contributions actually paid during the mandatory participation period, and your own MyFutureFund record holds that figure.

Interactive tool

Enter your details

The exact day your ordinary window opens and the exact day it closes, where today sits between them, the statutory refund rule, what already-credited employer and State money does, and when automatic re-enrolment comes round again.

Step 1 of 1Your fund · Enrolment notice date
  1. Your fund · Enrolment notice date, step 1

Your fund

Are you currently enrolled in MyFutureFund?

Use your participant portal, enrolment correspondence or payslip. Age and salary alone do not prove current membership.

Enrolment notice date

Enter January as 1, February as 2, and so on.

Nothing is saved. Your inputs are used only to calculate this result.

Personalised answer

Your result stays in view

Complete this short form and this panel fills with your answer.

  • A direct answer to the question, in one line
  • The figures behind it, broken down
  • Practical next steps and the assumptions used

Evidence

The figures this tool uses

>6 to ≤8 months
Ordinary opt-out period measured from the enrolment notice
Section 54 defines the period by elapsed time from the date the enrolment notice was given.
Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 · checked 24 August 2026
Participant contributions actually paid
Basis of the ordinary opt-out refund
The checker does not replace this with salary ÷ 12 or another estimate.
Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 · checked 24 August 2026
Remain in your fund
Employer and State contributions already credited
They are not returned to the employer or State after an ordinary opt-out.
DSP: Auto-enrolment — your questions answered · checked 24 August 2026
2 years from opt-out
Earliest automatic re-enrolment cycle after an actual opt-out
The two-year period runs from the opt-out date, not from the original enrolment notice.
Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 · checked 24 August 2026

Before you begin

What you need to check your opt-out window

  • Copy the date from the notice telling you that you had been enrolled. The law measures the ordinary window from that notice date.

  • No salary or contribution estimate is needed. Your actual participant contributions are already recorded by MyFutureFund and are the correct basis for any statutory refund.

Reading the answer

Understanding your opt-out window and refund

The ordinary window begins only after six months have elapsed from the notice date and runs until the eight-month anniversary.

An ordinary opt-out refunds the participant contributions covered by the statutory refund rule. Employer and State contributions already credited remain in the participant's fund.

Boundaries

Assumptions and limitations

Working assumptions

  • Dates are compared as Irish calendar dates. No rounded month count is used.
  • The checker is for the ordinary post-enrolment opt-out window, not the later windows created after contribution-rate increases.

Where to be careful

  • MyFutureFund remains authoritative for the assigned opt-out date and the euro refund actually payable.
  • Suspension and contribution-rate-change opt-out windows have different mechanics and are not presented as the ordinary window.

Worked example

The same question, answered end to end

A person confirms that they are currently enrolled and enters the exact date shown on their enrolment notice.

What was entered

  • Current MyFutureFund membership is confirmed.
  • The enrolment notice is dated 24 January 2026.

How it is worked out

  1. The checker constructs the actual notice date rather than converting it to a whole-month count.

  2. It calculates the six-month and eight-month anniversaries using calendar months.

  3. It compares today's Irish calendar date with those statutory boundaries.

  4. It does not estimate the refund from earnings: the refund basis is the participant contributions actually paid under the statutory rule.

What the tool returns

Refund basis
Your participant contributions actually paid
Employer and State already credited
Remain in your fund

Common questions

Questions about this tool

Can Verdanyx calculate my exact MyFutureFund refund from my salary?

No salary estimate is needed or appropriate. The ordinary refund is based on the participant contributions actually paid under the statutory rule. MyFutureFund holds that contribution record and determines the euro refund.

When is the ordinary MyFutureFund opt-out window?

It is defined from the date your enrolment notice was given: more than six months and not more than eight months afterwards. This checker uses the actual notice date rather than a rounded month number.

What happens to employer and State contributions already in my fund?

They remain in your MyFutureFund account. An ordinary opt-out stops future contributions but does not return already-credited employer and State amounts to them.

When would I be automatically re-enrolled after opting out?

The statutory re-enrolment cycle is measured from the actual opt-out date. It is not a countdown from your original enrolment notice.

Maintenance

What has changed in this tool

  1. 24 August 2026

    Version 2026-08-24.3

    Removed the salary/month-count refund estimate and the false re-enrolment countdown. The tool now uses the exact enrolment-notice date and states the statutory refund rule without inventing an amount.

    Source for this change
  2. 24 August 2026

    Version 2026-08-24.2

    Stopped inferring current membership from demographics and another-pension status.

    Source for this change