Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Let us be honest, whether Mr. McKeon recognises it or not, this deal which classified couriers in this State as self-employed, has lost the State millions. It has screwed over thousands of workers. Is Mr. McKeon saying to the Committee of Public Accounts that he will not support the commissioning of an independent investigation by someone outside the State to investigate all of these decisions that cost the State millions and screwed over thousands of workers? It was said earlier that there were no test cases, then there were test cases, and that Revenue says the Department is responsible for setting the criteria. I quoted several people confirming that there were test cases.