Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a complete list of all payments from the social insurance fund, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24452/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out all the schemes operated by my Department that are funded by the Social Insurance Fund.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details on the current social insurance fund reserves and projected expenditure and revenue into the fund out to 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24453/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Social Insurance Fund (SIF) derives its income primarily from pay-related social insurance (PRSI) contributions paid by employees, employers and self-employed persons.

The SIF finances a range of social insurance-based payments, such as jobseekers' benefits and State pension (contributory), as well as statutory redundancy/insolvency payments.

The administrative costs associated with both PRSI collection and the payment of PRSI entitlements are recoverable from the SIF.

The National Treasury Management Agency manages any surplus on behalf of the Social Insurance Fund, which may provide additional income to the fund through investments.

Table 1 outlines the currently estimated income, expenditure and surplus for the Social Insurance Fund for the period 2023 through 2027. These figures are estimates and may be subject to change depending on the prevailing economic circumstances.