Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

For a number of years, my Labour Party colleagues and I have raised the issue of bogus self-employment, where workers are being persuaded to register themselves as self-employed when they evidently are not. Millions of euro which could be collected as PRSI are being lost to the State, while many thousands of workers are disadvantaged. As the Taoiseach will know, my colleague, Senator Nash, has brought legislation to deal with the issue to the other House. I understand that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection has brought a memo to the Government on the issue. What concrete measures are proposed by the Government, and when will we see legislation to outlaw this unacceptable practice?

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