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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

John Curran: It is very unusual for me to get agreement. Metro west was also part of the jigsaw because it was to link to metro north. The western part of Dublin is where the population growth is. We have two strategic development zones, SDZs, under physical construction as we speak, brand new towns with approximately 10,000 new housing units. The witnesses are sick and tired of hearing me say that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

John Curran: The NTA has made a substantial change from the larger metro project to MetroLink. Will there be value for money versus the full scheme? It has cut 7 km but what is the cost benefit, how many potential passengers have been affected and so forth? It is not transparent or obvious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

John Curran: Is Ms Graham suggesting there will be more options or that there will be shorter journey times?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

John Curran: That is where the real fear is. The fear is that in advance of having the bus corridors, the NTA will make all of these changes and people will not see the benefits. They buy them in the case of the bus corridors, but it should not be suggested to them that they go halfway into town, get off and get on the bus that coming from the other direction when they have probably already queued for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress he has made in considering the optimal next steps to achieve the level of ambition as set out in the NDP under the warmth and well-being programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14576/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: I welcome members to this meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I remind members that if they have mobile phones, they might turn them off. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters and then we will return to public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: I welcome today's witnesses, namely, Ms Maeve McElwee and Ms Rhona Murphy from IBEC and Ms Jean Winters and Mr. Conor O'Connell from the Construction Industry Federation, CIF. I will invite the witnesses to make their opening statements in a couple of moments and then members will have an opportunity to ask a number of questions. I wish to draw witnesses' attention to the fact that by virtue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: Thank you. I will come to Deputy O'Dea shortly. I want to make a general comment, and the Department made the same comment when its representatives were here, about the number of people who are self-employed declining as a percentage. Ms Winters is right that the percentage is declining, but there is no decline in the actual number of people because the total workforce is increasing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: Before I call the witnesses, I wish to expand on the final point made by Deputy Carey. The figures produced from CIF are CSO figures. Almost 32,000 workers in the construction sector are self-employed with no employees. That is a very significant number. As I said earlier, it is much higher than the situation across industry in general. I accept that the data are not available, but would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: I am sorry to interrupt but I must make an important point. Frequently witnesses say that the percentage is dropping, which is correct. I am not talking about bogus self-employment but self-employment. While the percentage is dropping, the number of people is not dropping. The number of people in the workforce who are self-employed is not dropping. I want to make that distinction in case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: Does Ms Murphy wish to add to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: Yes but I ask the Deputy to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: I thank Deputy Smith. I ask Ms Murphy to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: Please, Deputy Smith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: I thank Mrs McElwee for that clarification. Would Mr. O'Connell or Ms Winters care to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: I will ask Mr. O'Connell a technical question. The figures speak for themselves. There is a disproportionately higher number self-employed in construction. As an industry body, does CIF do any analysis on these figures or any risk assessment on bogus self-employment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: It does not make that point, however. I specifically said that it is a sector that has a substantially higher level and therefore there is greater risk.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: I call Deputy Collins, to be followed by Deputy Smith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: The witnesses will have an opportunity to make concluding remarks. Before doing so, do they wish to respond to any of the points made by the Deputies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

John Curran: The witnesses will now have an opportunity to make any concluding remarks.