Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was a councillor for 12 and a half years. My understanding is that class K was always there, but it was there at 0%. Class K existed, but one paid nothing and got nothing. I raised this back in 2011 at a Local Authorities Members Association, LAMA, conference when Deputy Joan Burton was the then Minister for Social Protection. The issue is that people are paying into a scheme that is called PRSI, social insurance, but there is nothing for it. Whether it is councillors, officeholders or anybody else, class K should be addressed. If the Minister wants to reduce it to 0%, change it to 0%, which would effectively give a 4% increase. I am not looking for a 4%, but why are officeholders-----