Ruairí Quinn
Ceist:427 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to (1) the anomaly whereby a separated woman who receives a maintenance income from her estranged husband, upon which PRSI has already been paid, is obliged to pay PRSI on the income even though she is not working outside the home and (2) representations which have been made to the Revenue Commissioners to which they have responded that the law is such that it would require modification by the Oireachtas in order for such persons to be exempted from PRSI on a maintenance income on the grounds that PRSI had already been paid by the earner of the income; and if he will make a statement on the matter.