Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue, the conditions faced by those workers outside, from O'Neill and Brennan, are somewhat equivalent to those in a 19th century dock in that they have no control over where they will be tomorrow, whether they will still have a job or how many hours they will have. I am glad we will debate it soon but will the Minister be engaging with Mandate and ICTU to take on board the criticisms that have been levelled at the proposed Bill? These include the question of eliminating the exemptions for casual workers, reducing the time for which the protections kick in as the current 18 months limit would exclude the workers outside, the need to narrow the bands, and the need to deal with bogus self-employment, which I know the Minister has separately referenced as an issue that will be dealt with but is not included in the current draft of the Bill.

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