Dains Ireland

Dains Ireland is a firm of chartered accountants based in Swords, north Dublin, providing outsourced payroll services to businesses operating in Ireland. It works with owner-managed businesses, SMEs, foreign direct investment companies and UK firms expanding into Ireland, handling payrolls ranging from a handful of employees to several hundred.

The payroll service covers the setup and management of weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls, calculation of PAYE, PRSI, pensions and benefit-in-kind, real-time submissions through Revenue Online Service, electronic funds transfer to employee bank accounts, Revenue form processing, year-end returns and audit-ready reports. A dedicated help line is available for payroll queries, and the team monitors changes to Irish employment law and Revenue requirements, including auto-enrolment pensions, statutory sick pay and Enhanced Reporting Requirements.

For UK and international businesses setting up in Ireland, Dains Ireland supports Irish payroll setup, tax registration, employee onboarding, cross-border compliance and data security. As part of the Dains Group, the payroll team also works alongside colleagues in tax, HR and advisory, including support on gender pay gap reporting and redundancy payments.