Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Revenue works to the set of rules provided to it. Obviously, the Department of Social Protection is the one that, in my understanding, has pretty much determined the type of employment it has always designated as self-employment. In 1997 there would have been way fewer people in this particular sector and it may well be that we try to get some data from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the number of people now employed in the sector in question. There is a particular concern about precarious employment and that Department has responsibility there. This is probably, in the first instance, a policy issue. Revenue is working to rules set out for it. We should be making contact with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to seek the number and how that fits in with the approach to deal with the issue of precarious employment.