Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the point raised by the Deputy. I have made great efforts in changes I made to the USC to deal with the issue he identified. As he will know, changes in PRSI have other consequences of which the Minister of Social Protection will be aware. I have no doubt at all that she will give a clear and justified account of what is happening from a PRSI perspective. However, the reason we did make the changes in USC is to ensure that somebody sees his or her wages go up due to a change in the minimum wage and is not worse off as a result of an unchanged level of USC.

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