Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits: Discussion with Department of Social Protection

2:10 pm

Ms Mary Kennedy:

That is the way it applies to employees at present and we have acknowledged the provision. We have also acknowledged that there is an issue in regard to credits for self-employed people. The Senator must remember that credits are a very valuable commodity.