Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 November 2009
128 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of employer PRSI which was raised in the years 1982, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002 and 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42382/09]
Amharc ar fhreagra129 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of personal PRSI which was raised in the years 1982, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002 and 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42383/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together.
The buoyancy of social insurance receipts is contingent on a number of factors including the ease of access to insurability, the buoyancy in the labour market, the earnings of workers and the applicable rates of social insurance. The numbers of insured population of workers has grown consistently over the period referenced. In 1982 the number of workers insured totalled 1,152,890. By 2007, the figure rose to an insured population of 3,002,276. Self-employed contributors entered into compulsory insurance from 1988 and as such are considered to be encompassed in the reference to personal PRSI during the specified years.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows in tabular form.
|
Year |
Employer PRSI |
Employee PRSI |
Self Employed PRSI |
Total PRSI |
|
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
|
|
1982*† |
Not available |
Not available |
Not insurable |
829,552 |
|
1987*† |
Not available |
Not available |
Not insurable |
1,194 894 |
|
1989*† |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
1,402 315 |
|
1992† |
1,272,928 |
522,532 |
89,660 |
1,885,120 |
|
1994 |
1,425,863 |
597,779 |
115,415 |
2,139,057 |
|
1997† |
1,739,553 |
571,821 |
157,941 |
2,469,315 |
|
2002 |
3,520,443 |
974,219 |
252,455 |
4,747,117 |
|
2007 |
5,762,011 |
1,539,147 |
420,852 |
7,722,010 |
†The figures quoted are the euro equivalent of contributions collected in Irish pounds.
*A breakdown between employer, employee and self-employed of PRSI contributions received is not published in the statutory accounts for the relevant years.
