Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of the former employer PRSI exemption scheme in 2012 and in 2013; the number of employers who availed of the scheme; and the estimated number of jobs that were created as a result of the scheme. [1118/16]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Employer Job (PRSI) Incentive scheme was launched in June 2010 exempting an employer from their share of the PRSI contribution in respect of workers for 18 months from the date of approval. The scheme ceased at the end of June 2013 when the new JobsPlus Incentive was introduced to replace both it and the Revenue Job Assist scheme with effect from the 1st July 2013. From the introduction of the scheme in 2010 to June 2013, applications in respect of 5,796 employees were received from 3,430 employers. Over this period of time, 2,617 employers were approved for the PRSI exemption in respect of 3,916 employees at an estimated cost of €6.8m.