Written answers
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Insurance Yield
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form, the gross receipts from employee and employer PRSI for each year from 2007 to 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49276/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Social Insurance Fund (SIF) - PRSI Receipts 2007-2011
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
€000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | |
| Employer | 5,762,011 | 5,944,892 | 5,290,403 | 5,000,275 | 5,460,786 |
| Employee | 1,539,147 | 1,633,708 | 1,559,416 | 1,377,140 | 1,617,352 |
| Self-Employed * | 420,852 | 405,582 | 314,787 | 330,603 | 348,342 |
| Total ** | 7,722,010 | 7,984,182 | 7,164,606 | 6,708,018 | 7,426,480 |
* People who are self-employed also pay PRSI contributions and have in the interests of completeness been included in this table.
** The total represents PRSI receipts only and is exclusive of any amounts collected and paid to the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Education and Skills in respect of Health Contributions and the National Training Levy, respectively.
Following the introduction of the Universal Social Charge, Health Contributions received, which prior to 1 January 2011 were payable to the HSE, are now retained as SIF income in accordance Section 15 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2010. The amount received in 2011 in respect of past years was €115.257 million.
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