Dáil debates

Thursday, 12 July 2018

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage

 

7:10 pm

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I said a few words at the beginning. I am the proposer of the amendment and I am looking for a bit of indulgence.

I received an email from a person who is indirectly employed by the State. He says that he is in bogus self-employment and that he has no rights or protections. As far as he knows, companies do this to avoid paying tax, insurance and holiday pay. He looked for help but the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection let him down. He took his case to the scope section, which followed the same trend. He says that he is not the only person facing these issues and believes that it will become a very big headache for the Government very soon. I suggest that it is already a big headache for the Government. I suggest to the Minister, in view of the fact that the Seanad will debate this matter and that she has ample time over the summer to make whatever changes she wishes to make, and the fact that nothing is preventing her from bringing in her own legislation at any stage, that nothing will be lost by including this amendment in the Bill. It will send out a signal that this House is serious about the problem of bogus self-employment and that we intend to deal with it, not just in word but in deed. I am proposing the amendment.

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