Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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The report goes on to state:

... neither [the Department nor Revenue] has estimated the related potential loss of contributions to the SIF. Random sampling and testing of the classification of a sufficient number of individuals would be required to accurately estimate the prevalence of misclassification of employment.

This is what it comes down to. The recommendation is, "The Department should develop a programme of random reviews of PRSI classification in order to establish reliable estimates of the extent of misclassification of employment status". The response is that it is part-agreed. This is what Mr. Cody said: "The Department’s inspectorate carries out targeted investigations based on data analytics, sectoral profiling and cases referred by workers, employers, other Departmental scheme areas and Revenue."