asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state, approximately, to what extent the income of the Unemployment Insurance Fund has, year by year, since 1925 to date, been increased owing to the better compliance with the Unemployment Insurance code; and if in any of these years such increase has been exceptionally great he will state the cause of such abnormal increase.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unemployment Insurance Fund.
It is difficult to find any exact measure of the extent to which the Unemployment Fund has increased as between one year and another by reason of better compliance with the Unemployment Insurance code. In fact, the only record in the Department which would indicate any such development are the moneys reported by the National Health Insurance Commission as having been collected by their inspectors by way of arrear contributions. The total of such arrear contributions collected in each financial year and the percentage which such contributions formed of the total contribution income, are as follows:—
|
Amounts collected in respect of arrear contributions by the Inspectors |
As % of total contribution income |
|
|
£ |
||
|
23-4 |
48,199 |
8.8 |
|
24-5 |
52,907 |
8.3 |
|
25-6 |
36,564 |
5.9 |
|
26-7 |
32,179 |
5.1 |
|
27-8 |
26,261 |
4.0 |
|
28-9 |
31,254 |
4.6 |
|
29-30 |
24,044 |
3.4 |
|
30-1 |
26,089 |
3.5* |
|
31-2 |
24,860 |
3.5* |
*Calculated with respect to estimated income if rates of contributions had remained unaltered.