Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed)

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

Ms Gordon mentioned that there is no legislation that says that one cannot, but there is a legal decision that says one cannot. Ms Gordon has told us that the decisions are being made based on the principles and the legal decisions that are coming down through the courts. Does this point to the appropriate place for decisions on appeals being the courts if the appeals office is not aware of cases in the 1990s and is not aware of key legal decisions such as the Denny decision, which effects it?

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