Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will see if I can get the figures and I will send them to the Deputy.

To be fair, we have made a significant number of changes for the self-employed in the past six or seven years or more. I remember when self-employed people got nothing. We have made a lot of progress in that regard. They now receive more than 90% of the other benefits when they pay their PRSI. They pay 4% in total, which is fair enough, but if we are to give them more benefits, we will have to have a conversation about increasing PRSI. I want to be straight about that. There is no point in looking at it other than as part of a conversation on increased rates of PRSI.

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