Social Insurance

160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals with the scope section of the Department with regard to State and semi-State body pensions; the average time they are ongoing; and the longest ongoing appeal. [39779/25]

161. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals currently with the scope section of the Department with regards to a dispute over the modified rate of insurance governed by either paragraph 81, 82, 83 or 84 of S.I No. 312 of 1996, Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996. [39780/25]

564. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37300/25]

132. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the options that may be available to a person (details supplied) to rectify an historical recording error regarding an alleged period of missed contributions towards social insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34797/25]

396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated saving from restricting the employer PRSI exemption for share buy-back to SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31765/25]

593. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the four-year limit on the refund of PRSI as set out in the Social Welfare and Pensions (No.2) Act 2009; the basis for this decision; if the time period is under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25289/25]

1396. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the lower rate of employer's PRSI rate of 8.8% was reduced by 0.5%. [18841/25]

1445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by raising by 0.1% rate of employers PRSI. [20153/25]

1467. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider granting a person (details supplied) additional PRSI credits for the purposes of the State pension (contributory) for the period where they were caring for their parent full-time and in receipt of carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20702/25]

213. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach if he can provide the total social insurance contributions in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and total contributions as a percentage of GNI* and GDP (current prices), in all years, in tabular form [16557/25]

538. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered addressing the disparity in benefits eligibility between individuals who have paid PRSI contributions at Class ‘D’ for the majority of their careers and those who have paid Class ‘A’ contributions for a shorter period; if any review is being conducted to ensure fairness in access to dental and optical benefits fo…

353. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who has a shortfall on their PRSI contributions will be examined; if there are schemes they should have been entered into as a result of their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13108/25]

1031. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the lower rate of PRSI in Class D that applied to civil servants who commenced employment prior to April 1995; the reason it was discontinued in April 1995 in favour of Class A, which applies to the majority of workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11654/25]

1082. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount of both employer PRSI contributions and employee PRSI contributions owed to the Social Insurance Fund, by company size if such information is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12899/25]