Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

102. To ask the Minister for Finance noting the lower returns to the Revenue Commissioners in recent years, arising from an increase in sub-contracting and self-employment in the construction sector, and the resultant increased use of relevant contracts tax, his views on the measures the Revenue Commissioners and his Department have taken, or are taking, to ensure that relevant contracts tax is not used in a manner to deny workers in the sector the basic rights enjoyed by construction workers who are directly employed with registered employment agreement rates, sick pay and holiday pay; that the use of relevant contracts tax, rather than the prevalence of direct employment in the sector, does not result in the Exchequer foregoing revenues it would otherwise receive under the universal social charge, pay-related social insurance and pay as you earn. [24699/15]

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