Your PRSI class and the benefits you are entitled to:


PRSI Class A
People within CLASS A:
People in industrial, commercial and service-type employment who are employed under a contract of service with gross earnings of €38 or more per week from all employments; Civil and Public Servants recruited from 6 April, 1995 and Community Employment participants from 6 April, 1996.

CLASS A BENEFITS
Jobseeker's Benefit
Illness Benefit
Health and Safety Benefit
Maternity Benefit
Adoptive Benefit
Invalidity Pension
Widow's or Widower's (Contributory) Pension
Guardian's Payment (Contributory)
State Pension (Transition)
State Pension (Contributory)
Bereavement Grant
Treatment Benefit
Occupational Injuries Benefits
Carer's Benefit

PRSI Class J
People within CLASS J:
People in industrial, commercial and service-type employment who are employed under a contract of service and whose gross earnings are less than €38 per week from all employments;
People insured for Occupational Injuries Benefits only, e.g. employees aged 66 years or over;
People participating in certain FÁS training schemes who are insurable for Occupational Injuries Benefits only, and
People whose employment is of a subsidiary nature or of inconsiderable extent, e.g. people insurable at Class B, C, D or H in their main employment and who have a second job; attendants at Department of Education Examinations; Presiding Officers and Poll Clerks at Elections, and R.D.F. members on annual training.

CLASS J BENEFITS
Occupational Injuries Benefits

Self-Employment
PRSI Class S
People within CLASS S:
Self-employed people such as farmers, certain company directors, people in business on their own account and people with income from investments, rents and maintenance.

CLASS S BENEFITS
Widow's or Widower's (Contributory) Pension
Guardian's Payment (Contributory)
State Pension (Contributory)
Maternity Benefit
Adoptive Benefit
Bereavement Grant

Occupational Pensions
PRSI Class K
People within CLASS K:
People receiving income which is not subject to social insurance contributions but which is liable for the Health Contribution, such as occupational pensions, income deriving from positions of certain Office Holders (e.g. Judiciary and State Solicitors) and income of people aged 66 to 70 years who were previously liable for Class S.
CLASS K BENEFITS
Nil

PRSI Class M
People within CLASS M:
The M Class should be used for people with NIL contribution liability, e.g. employees under age 16 years, people within Class K with a NIL liability (medical card holders, widows/widowers, people aged 70 years or over), etc.

CLASS M BENEFITS
In certain circumstances, Occupational Injuries Benefits