Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----as some of the natural justice issues that have been mentioned. I refer to that whole question of sector, especially given the battle we know self-employed workers had for collective bargaining or sectoral level agreement, which is a different thing.

I just want to ask two or three really specific questions because it will be useful to us. Mr. McMahon mentioned the question of the Circuit Court, and bringing a case to the court. The appeals process at the moment, and the relative opaque quality of that process, interferes with a worker's capacity to seek justice through the courts. For example, if goes through the Scope process, there is then an appeals process. Clearly, Mr. McMahon sought to bring something to the court. In whatever way is appropriate, does-----

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