Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have been following the question of bogus self-employment for a number of years during this Dáil term, including during Covid when it was more difficult. Between the Deputy, me and others, I think we have raised it in every one of the nine meetings. It is important we follow through on that. RTÉ gave us an outline of what is happening. Out of the 168 investigations carried out by the scope section, 45 were found to be correctly classified, which is fair enough, but it leaves 123 that were not. It states:

In 94 of the cases the individual has been found to be correctly classified as class A [stamp]. RTÉ is awaiting decisions in 31 cases. 29 cases are still the subject of an appeal to the ... [Department of Social Protection]. To date €1.2m has been paid by RTÉ in PRSI liabilities.

That is the same as when Dee Forbes was there. Members will recall one day here we extracted that answer, though not without difficulty. I suggest in terms of this discussion that we ask to be kept updated on that. Obviously, it is important that happens because, as we have said many times, of the precarious position those workers are in.