Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister to outline his objectives and the policy he will pursue to try to achieve a just and equitable resolution for the self-employed in the application of the social welfare system, given the fact there are over 300,000 self-employed people across the country. They act as employers as well as employees at various times and provide vital employment but they have been omitted from the benefits of social welfare provision up to this point in time.

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