Written answers
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Insurance
5:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and percentage of workers who make a PRSI contribution and who also benefit from the PRSI ceiling above which no PRSI is paid. [31852/08]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The number of contributors in the social insurance system reached some 2,624,000 in 2006. Of these, 2,436,757 workers, or some 92.78% paid PRSI at Classes that normally attract a social insurance liability. These figures represent the most recently available end-of-year returns.
The current PRSI ceiling for employees stands at €50,700 per annum – above which no social insurance contributions are paid. Current figures indicate that the number of workers who earn in excess of the ceiling stands at 324,720.
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