Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is okay for Senator Norris. The only people in the entire public service who do not get some form of cover for their PRSI payment are these officeholders, local authority members, members of the Judiciary, Deputies and Senators. I raise this issue on behalf of the councillors. What is the idea of one paying 4% of one's entire salary into a PRSI fund with no single benefit for a class K contribution? Let us not call it pay related social insurance. As I have said before, it should be called income related social insurance because one is paying PRSI on dividend and other income. It is not about me. I do not care if there is a 4% supertax on public sector officeholders, including the Judiciary and the President - so be it - but let us not pretend we are giving social insurance to people to whom we are not giving it because they are paying 4% and there is nothing for it. If one wants to get the money out of officeholders a different way, so be it, but let us not pretend it is social insurance when it blatantly is not.