Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are all familiar with the situation of people who are going for jobs who, instead of being given contracts of employment, are forced into bogus self-employment. When I was Minister, I commissioned a report on this problem based on data supplied by a variety of organisations. This problem is resulting in significant losses of employers' contributions to the PRSI system. I cannot understand why the Taoiseach who was the Minister responsible and the current Minister who has stated she wishes to do something about this scandal are refusing to publish the report on bogus self-employment. Why are they refusing to do so? I understand the report has been ready for practically a year, but it has still not been published.

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