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

2:10 pm

Mr. Mark Fielding:

In Denmark, it varies with the risk.

In Finland, insurance premiums vary according to risk. Again, exact statistics on occupational injury and benefits are not provided. In Austria, the contribution rate for unemployment assistance is 6% and for occupational injury is 1.4%. All of this information is contained in the Mangan report.