Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Mr. McKeon has given an example. In the case of Karshan, the example involved the delivery drivers. I will read from a letter from all the way back but some of this does go all the way back to Jim Mitchell, who was the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts. I am sure Mr. McKeon is very familiar with this one. In the middle of the letter, it stated that:

This process resulted in a decision by an Appeals Officer of the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 12 June 1995 who decided that a courier was self-employed. The Appeals Officer's decision established the criteria in relation to the employment status of couriers that has, since then, been generally accepted throughout the industry and also by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners for tax purposes.

That was a letter from a previous Secretary General to the Committee of Public Accounts. That determination from the appeals office goes back to 1995. Has that changed since or does that letter still stand?