Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Evan Cullen:

We have attempted to process a test case through the scope section and it is tied up with senior counsel in the scope section for the past three years.

Let me state some matters of fact about the company that is involved in the scope section. I cannot remember exactly whether the pilot services company had five or eight pilot directors, but one of those directors has since left that company and is now directly employed by another airline. That pilot has taken a case for his social welfare entitlements. The other directors of that company do not even know that the company is participating in this legal process and has hired a senior counsel. They do not know about the arguments that are being made and have no idea about the case that is ongoing. They will not raise their heads because they will lose their jobs where they are operating at present.

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