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Submission 45

January 2008

Chapter 6

Reform A.      

Impact of earlier social insurance structures must not be allowed to continue:-

         Examples – When social insurance was first introduced in 1953.

  1. Males only were accepted and the females several months later
  2. Again, when self-employed were brought into the Scheme in 1988 – the over 55’s were excluded even though these people continued working beyond the 10 year minimum period while collecting V.A.T. payments each two monthly period and paying tax due.

Question 2. NO

Question 3. All those born before 1930

Question 4. NO
A more targeted approach should be adopted for the very elderly Living Alone Allowance given to those (again I would suggest those born before 1930) for very many obvious and various reasons).

Re: Reforming and backdating Homemakers Scheme

Many of the very elderly could be short of the minimum of 260 Class A, PRSI contributions unless the same 2 for 1 criteria applies for the pre 1953 stamps.

I do not know about this scheme but it would be a crying our injustice if these 80 year old mammies and grannies were not given the 1040 credits. Any woman who made a home and six or more children (irrespective of when they were born and cared for) should be included in the scheme.

High time the very old are given a small token in recognition of their contribution over the years. The living alone allowance as it stands was the reason why many of our elderly were unable to make a reasoned choice, as to where they want to spend their closing years and inevitably the present system did not help them.

 

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