Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour) | Oireachtas source

What plans has the Minister to extend and reform PRSI? He has recently spoken about this possibility. In particular, what plans are there to extend the range of benefits for people who make their PRSI contributions. There has been a recent debate in the House on that issue.

I got a letter today from the mother of a surrogate child. She is a teacher who pays PRSI. She gets no PRSI benefit, no maternity benefits, nothing. That is a huge hole in the availability of benefits for people.

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