Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I will try to be brief. I wish to return to some of the employment-related points. Very often people who are working want to pay PRSI because there is social protection associated with pension rights and such matters. Indeed, there is a very big difference even if somebody is earning as much. That status can determine, for example, the ability to get a mortgage and so on. People's life choices can be determined by virtue of the type of employment they are in.

Leaving the review out of it for a moment, if someone was working constantly and looked for a change in his or her status, that is, to become an employee, would that be available to him or her? Is there an option like that for people who are essentially employees but who are self-employed?