Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand that the Minister of State needs to leave. As of May 2021, we only had 53 people employed as workplace inspectors despite a report several years ago that suggested we needed a minimum of 90 workplace inspectors. We know from data provided by the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, that one in three inspections found breaches of employment law. One simple way to help tackle the scourge of bogus self-employment would be to employ more inspectors and yet we do not seem to have done that over several years. I ask the Minister of State to comment.