Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 761: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where applicable, the amount paid into the social insurance fund by those employees in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1811/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The total amount collected by my Department by way of contributions from employees to superannuation schemes for civil servants for each of the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 is set out in the first table below. The figures include payments by established and non-established civil servants to contributory pension schemes and to spouses' and children's pension schemes. Additional voluntary contributions and personal retirement savings account, PRSA, contributions are not included in the figures.

The amount of PRSI collected from employees of the Department and paid to the social insurance fund in each of the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 is provided in the second table below. These figures comprise contributions made by all employees of my Department in the years in question.

There is no direct correlation between the amounts collected by way of superannuation contributions and PRSI contributions. Some employees who paid PRSI contributions did not pay superannuation contributions in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. These include, for example, employees who are members of a non-contributory pension scheme and who opted out of the spouses' and children's pension scheme. Equally, some employees who paid pension contributions in 2003, 2004 and 2005 may have been exempted from payment of PRSI due to the level of their earnings.