Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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The Oireachtas has a bit of catching up to do. I will ask one brief question before Mr. Cody goes. On the legal situation with bogus self-employment, the social contract has been mentioned and the concern is that employer's PRSI in this State is, on a European-wide basis, not high. It is low compared to most of our European counterparts. It is important that is collected. Workers pay their part. With regard to Revenue, it appears there is no effective legislation in place to deal with this issue. Can Mr. Cody confirm if this is correct and there is a gap or lacuna in legislation? Is that his summation of this? Is legislation required to deal with the issue of bogus self-employment?