Willie Penrose
Question:61 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs his views on the future of social insurance in view of the fact that there has been a dramatic growth in employment in recent years, many thousands of people are now paying PRSI for the first time or have resumed making payment after years out of the workforce and the additional revenue for the social insurance fund; if he will give a guarantee to those people that the range and level of social insurance benefits to which they are contributing from their pay packet will be maintained in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14454/98]