Mr. Martin McMahon:

The 1995 test case was enshrined in 2000, with the meeting of the employment status group. After that meeting of the employment status group, and all through the Celtic tiger years, this went insane. It went off the charts altogether. We know, for instance, that the vast majority of people on the eRCT contract - that is, in construction, forestry and meat processing - are all self-employed but in reality very few of them are. We know that almost 100% within the courier industry, which includes fast food deliveries, are self-employed. The CEO of "bicycle limited" is an absolute nonsense. These people are not in business of their own account. They cannot profit by anything they do, except by cycling faster.