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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In February 2021, representatives from the Revenue Commissioners told the Committee of Public Accounts that all couriers are deemed to be self-employed by way a single precedent first used by the Department of Social Protection, dating from the 1990s. They clearly said it came from Mr. McKeon's Department. Were they wrong?