John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure there will be a number of questions. I thank Ms Murphy for her opening statement. I have a general question before going to members. There is a process and Ms Murphy mentioned that social welfare inspectors inspect a wide range of businesses, with inspections undertaken jointly with the Revenue Commissioners. She indicated that officials investigate specific cases referred to the Department and she spoke about the advertising campaign. She said 163 people were interviewed and there was input from ten workers. Taking all the presentation into account, she indicated there was just one suspected case of false self-employment. Across 2018, how many cases were investigated and seen to be false or bogus self-employment? Are there random inspections or is it targeted, information-led and evidence-based work?