Social Welfare Benefits

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 September 2020

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Questions (95)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

95. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the different social insurance benefits payees of each of the different PRSI class are entitled to, in tabular form. [24259/20]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The information requested by the Deputy, including the benefits available to voluntary contributors, is contained in the following table.

PRSI Class

A

B

C

D

E

H

J

K

M

P

S

Voluntary Contributions

Adoptive Benefit

X

X

X

X

Carer’s Benefit

X

X

X

X

X

X

Guardian’s Payment (Contributory)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Health and Safety Benefit

X

X

X

Illness Benefit

X

X

X

X*

Invalidity Pension

X

X

X

X

Jobseeker's Benefit

X

X

X*

Jobseeker's Benefit (Self-Employed)

X

Maternity Benefit

X

X

X

X

Occupational Injuries Benefit

X

X*

X

X

X**

Parent’s Benefit

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Partial Capacity Benefit

X

X

Paternity Benefit

X

X

X

X

State Pension (Contributory)

X

X

X

X

X***

Treatment Benefit

X

X

X

X

X

Widows’, Widowers’ and Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

* Class B and P - limited benefit.

** Class M - limited circumstances. 

*** Not applicable to former Class B, C and D contributors.

In addition to the above benefits, the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is available to employees who lost their employment and to self-employed workers who lost their income on or after 13 March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The Enhanced Illness Benefit, introduced from 9 March 2020, is also available to employed and self-employed workers for Covid-19 absences from work.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.