Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)
Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
A tax agreement was signed between Revenue and the courier sector in the Burlington Hotel in 1997 which allowed courier companies to voluntarily register all couriers as de factoself-employed from 1997 onwards, allowing companies to reduce their PRSI obligations and also weakening workers entitlements. This was discontinued in 2019. However, it may have had a significant impact on the culture and practice of employee classification and the practice of bogus self-employment, especially with the rise of the gig economy. I am wondering if the Minister would mandate Revenue to commission an investigation into this 1997 agreement and its impact on the following 20 years because such an investigation would be of significant interest.
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