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

In recent years, bogus self-employment has become a curse or blight across the economy. We are all aware that false self-employment is prevalent and it has become rampant in certain sectors. We are also aware that self-employment is an important form of employment, which makes a significant contribution to the economy. I have been self-employed for the past 37 years. I have no doubt that the genuinely self-employed do not want people who are genuinely employed and should be classified as PAYE workers interspersed among their number. This practice deprives the Exchequer of the pot to which it is entitled for disbursement to ordinary workers.

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