Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I look forward to the report on the bogus self-employed. The Minister disputed the figure of €750 million. I can tell her, anecdotally, from my own experience and what I have seen in my own area over recent years, that €750 million is, if anything, probably an understatement. There are workers on building sites, such as ordinary labourers, carpenters and blocklayers, all designated as self-employed. I have come across persons working in shops who are supposed to be self-employed. It is ludicrous. The sooner we get to grips with this the better.

In relation to the 2012 changes, I repeat the question of Deputy Joan Collins. When does the Minister envisage she will be able to rectify this anomaly? It is a glaring anomaly. It is an injustice that continues every day while the present regime is in existence.