Written answers
Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the tax treatment of statutory sick leave payments made by employers in order that they are not subject to the deductions such as USC that the State avoids it when it pays illness benefit to employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10706/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Statutory sick leave policy is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The matter of deductions from payments of statutory sick pay is proper to my colleague the Minister for Finance.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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