Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

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

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.

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