Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 830: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expected yield in 2010 from an increase of 1% in the rate of employees PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38057/09]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 831: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expected yield in 2010 from an increase of 1% in the rate of employers PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38058/09]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 832: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expected yield in 2010 from the abolition of the PRSI ceiling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38060/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 830 to 832, inclusive, together.

The most recent estimates indicate that: An increase in the employee PRSI rate of 1% for Class A contributors would yield some €373 million additional contribution income in a full year. An increase of 1% in the employers PRSI rate for Class A contributors is estimated to yield some €482 million additional contribution income in a full year. The abolition of the PRSI ceiling would yield some €119.5 million additional contribution income in a full year. Any future changes to PRSI rates or the ceiling would have to be considered in a budgetary context.