asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his Department have given any consideration to the introduction of graded benefits for graded contributions in the social insurance scheme; and whether or not he intends to introduce such a scheme.
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The possibility of introducing a system of pay related benefits under the social insurance scheme is already under examination in my Department, but it is not possible at this stage to say what the outcome will be.