Written answers
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Department of An Taoiseach
Social Insurance
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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213. To ask the Taoiseach if he can provide the total social insurance contributions in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and total contributions as a percentage of GNI* and GDP (current prices), in all years, in tabular form [16557/25]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The figures in the table below are taken from the most recent Government Finance Statistics publication for Q3 2024, published on 21st January 2025.
Social contributions consist of actual and imputed contributions. Actual contributions include PRSI receipts and government employees’ pension contributions. The imputed portion consist of employers’ imputed social contributions.
| Social contributions | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total (€million) | 17,489 | 20,020 | 21,281 |
| As % of GDP (current prices) | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.2% |
| As % of GNI* | 7.6% | 7.5% | 7.3% |
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