Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Social Welfare Entitlements for Self-Employed: ISME, SEA and SFA

2:10 pm

Mr. Mark Fielding:

Of course. Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Spain and France have voluntary schemes for self-employed people. Why can Ireland not introduce such a scheme? I am completely opposed to mandatory tax increases for small businesses. We cannot-----