Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 799: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average weekly cost per employee to employers in terms of employer's PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11219/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Some three quarters of all contributors are insured at the PRSI Class A rate of contribution and are insured for all benefits and pensions. Others pay contributions at differing classes which reflect the range of benefits to which they can accrue entitlement. Only a small minority of contributors do not have additional contributions paid by employers.

The table below sets out the total amount of PRSI receipts during 2006 from employers and the total numbers of insured persons, excluding those for whom employers contributions are not paid. The total number of workers insured includes people who worked for part of the year only. Final figures on the numbers of workers insured under each insurance class in 2007 are not yet available.