Vol. 385 No. 6
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the PRSI position of a farmer who has not yet received the Revenue Commissioner's farm profile form because of the relatively small size of his farm, who is not drawing social welfare allowance, who has never had the occasion to have his income from farming calculated by any official body and who has had no adjudication other than his own on whether his farm income is above or below £2,500 a year.
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asked the Minister for Social Welfare if there is any obligation on farmers who have not yet received their Revenue Commissioners' farm profile to take any initiative about PRSI; if so, the steps they are to take; the way in which they are to calculate, or have calculated, their farm income; and if there is a need to take initiative, the categories which are excluded from such requirement.
It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 127 and 128 together.
In order to ensure that he is included in the Scheme of Social Insurance for the self-Employed, if eligible, a small enterprise farmer who has not yet been asked to complete a farm profile form, should complete and forward to the Department of Social Welfare a PRSI registration form (Form SE3 — PRSI Registration for Self-Employed People). A Form SE3 can be obtained at any local social welfare office, FAS office, Teagasc office, or post office. Elegibility will be determined by the Department on the basis of the information supplied in the Form SE3.
The scheme of social insurance for the self-employed is a compulsory scheme for those who are eligible. A farmer who has not yet received a farm profile form is obliged to take the initiative himself in completing a Form SE3 unless he is satisfied that he is not eligible, for example if his income is below the prescribed figure of £2,500.
A farmer who requires assistance with the way in which he should calculate his income should ask his local tax inspector for a farm profile form, which will assist him in determining the level of his income.
