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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I propose that we write to NAMA asking it for its response to BATU in this regard.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I reiterate what has been said in thanking the staff in Revenue for dealing with all the challenges that 2020 has brought. Who would ever have thought that we would be talking a no-deal Brexit scenario as the second priority, weeks before it may happen? I would like to discuss the issue of bogus self-employment and the impact it has on Exchequer funding. I wonder, first of all, if...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am sure that Mr. Cody has seen various estimates that have been put forward by other organisations and presented to other committees in these Houses. One suggested a figure as high as €1 billion. I have seen everything from €80 million to €1 billion. Is it something that Revenue prioritises? I noted in one of Revenue's briefing documents a reference to different...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: To clarify, what we are talking about is people who work primarily or exclusively for one company but that company, through its arrangements, has standardised its employees as self-employed. We have seen instances of that in the construction and other sectors. That is what I am referencing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: A test case was presented to the Oireachtas that had been made by the Department of Social Protection with the agreement of the Revenue Commissioners. It was done primarily in respect of the courier sector. I understand that practice has ceased. Will Mr. Cody confirm that and whether a cost associated with the test has been extrapolated? How much did it cost the State? Was there any...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: We will get that. It was publicised in the House. Mr. Cody mentioned inspections or investigations within the construction sector. Will he confirm whether Revenue has carried out any similar investigations in respect of this issue within the meat-processing sector?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: A particular type of company engages in this. Can I extrapolate from what Mr. Cody stated that he accepts there remains an issue with bogus self-employment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Cody said that he would come back to us about bogus self-employment in writing. Could I prompt him to examine correspondence that was sent to this committee by Revenue on 9 August 2000? The reference I am told is PS 3422M/00. That correspondence enclosed letters dated 7 March 1997 and 3 April 1997 to K. Ryan & Co, which represented courier firms, an issue we discussed earlier....

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am not casting aspersions one way or the other.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: Whenever an appointment process is heavily skewed, whether that be by geography, gender of whatever the case may be, it is natural that questions will be asked.

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: On 8 February, when voters went to the polls, a large proportion of them voted for a new direction. They voted for a new direction in housing policy. They voted for universal healthcare. They voted for the age of retirement to be maintained at 65. Above all, they voted for change. Part of that change undoubtedly meant a break from the old, stale insider politics that defined successive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for implementing the European Commission REACH Committee’s regulation that would ban the use of lead gunshot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31221/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the tenant purchase scheme. [38404/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all management and staff within direct provision centres require Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38411/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the planned timeline for delivering the ability to apply for driver licences and bank accounts for persons resident in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38410/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for making himself available. I, too, wish to put on the record that I absolutely recognise the value of horse racing and greyhound racing and those sectors to our regions and to many parts of the rural economy that are barren of many other economic stimuli. That does not necessarily mean we should say blank cheques should simply be offered to any organisation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I would have thought for a Minister that it would not have been a strange concept that one could support a sector but ensure accountability for the moneys spent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: If the Minister wants me to repeat it, I can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I congratulate Ms O'Farrell.