Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if claimants will be liable to PRSI on community employment scheme payments from 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57844/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Employment under the Community Employment Scheme is insurable under the Social Welfare Acts for all social welfare benefits and pensions. Participants joining Community Employment are insured at special Class A8/A9 PRSI, which gives them a paid contribution for each week, as with other Class A workers. Participants pay the normal employee contribution if liable.

In 2013, the following PRSI rates apply to CE Participants only:

Subclass A8

Subclass A9

In 2013, the Employee’s PRSI-Free Allowance of €127 per week has been abolished. This change only affects those employed on CE under Class A9, i.e. receiving in excess of €352 per week in CE allowances . Those employed under Class A8 (i.e. receiving up to €352 per week) are unaffected by the Budget change.