Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the terms of any concessions made by his Department to any one of a group of companies (details supplied) with regard to the obligation to pay tax and social insurance in respect of employees; and his estimate of the cost of these concessions up to December 2004. [5017/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Exemption from payment of employment contributions, for a period not exceeding 52 weeks, can be granted in respect of the temporary employment of persons who are not ordinarily resident in the State. Such exemptions are subject to the persons concerned having valid work permits and confirmation that social insurance contributions are paid in their home country. The social insurance cost of the exemptions cannot be quantified, as salary details of the employees involved are not required to process exemption requests.

Issues relating to tax are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Finance.