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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will tell Ms Harrington the circumstances and we might as well call it here. The person got somebody to fill in the form and they exaggerated the hours the farming was taking. The proper accounts showed that there was no income from the farm. It was €900 in one year and €0 and €0 for the other two years. There is a €7,500 limit to start with. This person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...the future. I wish to commend the Department on its approach to this. Second, Deputy Ó Cathasaigh raised a point on small businesses and there is huge concern out there at the moment. In the evidence Ms Harrington gave this morning, she made the point that a 0.1% increase works out at approximatively 90 cent per week for a worker on average wages. What is the typical average cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is a difficult question to answer of course but whether that will be enough is the issue. The Department has costed this at €130 million in the present environment. I acknowledge that Ms Harrington said that on average, if you look over 23 years, buoyancy is more present than shocks but the current period is unusual. In terms of labour force participation, we are practically at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: I thank Ms Harrington.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Ms Jackie Harrington: We are satisfied that the 0.2% will cover it in recessionary periods. In some years, savings are made to the fund and obviously, in periods of recession it is heavily drawn from.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Ms Jackie Harrington: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I hope Ms Harrington is correct. I have nothing further to add. I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: Will Ms Harrington speak about the tiered payments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: My experience is the same. I call on Ms Harrington to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Ms Jackie Harrington: I cannot comment on an individual case but maybe after this meeting if the Deputy wants to give me that individual's details, I will certainly have it reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: Will Ms Harrington come back to the committee on the broader issue of the content of that correspondence because that is the issue the committee will be concerned about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Ms Jackie Harrington: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What I would like to see is if Ms Harrington could outline-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be useful because this parliamentary question response is on the Official Report of the House. I take that very seriously. If it is as Ms Harrington outlined and I have no doubt it is, the record would be corrected and the House would be informed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Ms Jackie Harrington: As I said, I will review the details of the case. I am not familiar with the details of this specific case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: Ms Harrington has committed to come back to the committee separately on the policy issue and on the response the Deputy received separate to the individual case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: That is something the committee will have to consider in its recommendations. Will Ms Harrington come back on the other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Ms Harrington, in that case. I thank all the witnesses. This does conclude the committee's business in public session for today. I propose the committee now goes into private session to consider other business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Ms Jackie Harrington: I will. There will be significant communication of this new scheme as it is being launched. We will also shortly be communicating with individuals because we hope to kick off a campaign about this scheme. My colleague, Mr. Duff, will answer the Deputy's final question about PRSI and small businesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Ms Jackie Harrington: If there was an exaggeration of the employment hours so that it looked like full-time employment or that it was more than subsidiary employment that could have been done in addition to a person's normal work, that possibly is then reflected in the response that is referring to a specific case.