Ms Maeve McElwee:

I am very conscious of the committee's time and the need to let others in but I would like to state once again that IBEC is manifestly opposed to the issue of false and bogus self-employment. Our submissions here are not in any way to encourage a situation where that is allowed to prevail. It is not good for business competition and is certainly not the intention of IBEC. It is more around managing the issue in terms of allowing our labour market to work effectively and with some flexibility. It is not to provide opportunity to employ people falsely in a self-employed capacity.