Social Insurance

The social security contributions are as follows:

 Employer
%
Employee
%
Self-employed
%
 Social Insurance  7.8  7.8 14.6
 Redundancy Fund  1.2  - -
 Industrial Training  0.5  - -
 Social Cohesion Fund  2.0  - -

Upper Limits for employees (applicable during 2016)

Weekly employees € 1.046 per week, €54.392 per annum
Monthly employees €4.533 per month, €54.396 per annum

Time of Payment

The employer’s contributions are payable by the end of the calendar month following the month that the contributions relate.

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