Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Social Welfare Entitlements for Self-Employed: ISME, SEA and SFA
2:30 pm
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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I have a quick calculation based on the actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund. The current cost to the taxpayer of extending the scheme to illness benefit and jobseeker's benefit without paying any extra contribution would be €175 million.