Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-26
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Colm Burke (FG), Cork North-Central

I want to raise the issue of home school tutors. At the moment, they are regarded as self employed, yet they are paid by the Department of Education. They are on a category S stamp in relation to the social services. They are not entitled to get any benefits during the school holiday time period. It is my understanding that a number of cases are before the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. It is time for the Department to deal with this issue and to treat them as employees rather than as being self-employed, in the same way as what has happened with RTÉ and many other organisations where people were being treated as self-employed contractors. In fact, these people are working full-time for the Department.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-26