Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 November 2017

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary)

9:30 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have two questions. On the bogus self-employed, the Minister stated a report is being compiled and she expects that before or just after Christmas. Will that be published? Will that lay out clearly what needs to be done? Who carried out that report? Was it the Department itself or was it an outside consultancy agency?

The Minister disputed the figure of €750 million that the Department is missing out in employer PRSI contributions. Has a proper analysis been carried out by the Department, even on the definition self-employed? I might get an answer on that.

On the 42,000 who are receiving reduced payments, the Minister stated that report is due to be published. She said that a couple of weeks ago. The Minister stated two or three weeks ago it was due to be submitted to Cabinet the following Tuesday, which clearly has not happened. Now the Minister is saying it will be published and given to a sub-Cabinet committee. Is she sure about that? Can we have an exact timeframe? That report, that the Minister stated will be published, will lay out clearly what needs to be done to rectify the changes and that it will not be put on the long figure until 2020. Can we get a rock-solid guarantee on that?

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