Employment Rights
Dail Éireann — 2022-09-15
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal

I have raised this issue with the Tánaiste in different guises on a number of occasions. On the one hand, when there is an industrial dispute, he and others in government will advise people to use the third-party machinery of the State, and that is entirely appropriate. On the other hand, however, we have agencies funded by his Department that then ignore these rulings in some instances. This case relates to bogus self-employment. It relates specifically to Design & Crafts Council Ireland - this has been reported in the newspaper - and a judgment, a ruling, made against it. I want an update from the Tánaiste, if I could, in light of this judgment specifically, on what is being done to tackle the scourge of bogus self-employment.

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Sitting date: 2022-09-15