Vol. 423 No. 1
437 Mr. Byrne asked the Minister for Social Welfare the rate of employers' PRSI or social security insurance contributions as a percentage of the gross wage for each of the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for the latest year for which figures are available.
The information requested by the Deputy, in so far as it is available, is contained in the following table which relates to 1990.
|
% |
|
|
Austria |
22.7 |
|
Belgium |
41.7 |
|
Canada |
5.1 |
|
Norway |
15.4 |
|
Finland |
5.3 |
|
France |
38.0 |
|
Germany |
17.8 |
|
Iceland |
2.7 |
|
Ireland |
12.2 |
|
Italy |
50.1 |
|
Japan |
7.6 |
|
Luxembourg |
14.8 |
|
Netherlands |
11.5 |
|
Portugal |
24.5 |
|
Spain |
30.3 |
|
Sweden |
33.2 |
|
Switzerland |
10.3 |
|
United Kingdom |
10.4 |
|
United States |
7.7 |
