Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for a refund of PRSI contributions by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43489/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The application for a refund of PRSI was received from the person concerned on 16 November 2009 as she paid PRSI on her full salary while in receipt of Illness Benefit payments for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

The Department endeavours to process applications for refunds of PRSI as soon as possible. However, as the volume of applications for refunds of PRSI has increased dramatically in recent years this has inevitably given rise to a backlog in processing refund applications. The application will be dealt with as soon as possible.