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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Time, Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: If the Senator wishes for Ms Gordon to respond -----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Does Mr. Duggan wish to refer back to the first point the Senator raised on the follow-up on the misclassification?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Just one moment, please, Senator. On this adjustment, are the contributions then put back on to the employee's record?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: It is amended as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: If the Department does not have it to hand, it can be forwarded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Is Senator Higgins finished?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: I thank the Senator. Does Mr. Duggan wish to comment on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Senator Higgins has made that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Senator Higgins might not be satisfied with the answer but she got the answer. She does not have to be happy with it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Mr Duggan already addressed the issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Before we conclude, does any of our witnesses want to make any final remarks or comments? No, they are happy enough. As an observation, I noticed that the original presentation to this committee was in November of last year. It is interesting that the presentation today has moved forward more positively. The Department has increased the staff of the scope section. It has established a...
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to the misuse of drugs and for those purposes to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to criminalise the purchase of a controlled drug from a child and to criminalise the act of causing a child to be in possession of a controlled drug for sale or supply and to provide for related matters. Most...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: I was trying to make notes as the Minister was giving her reply. I will get the information from the full transcript of her reply. I acknowledge that she stated last summer that she was establishing the new unit. She might indicate how many people are actually working in the new unit. Is she saying that only two of the 500 investigations uncovered possible bogus self-employment and that...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: I thank the Minister for her reply. This has been an issue for some time. Officials from the Department appeared before the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection in connection with it. I acknowledge that there has been a welcome move on the issue because there had been a reluctance to deal with it and a feeling that it was being exaggerated and overstated. The...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the investigations and reviews undertaken by the scope section of her Department either solely or in cooperation with the Revenue Commissioners to address the issue of bogus self-employment to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50283/19]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: Can the Minister set out the reviews and investigations undertaken by the scope section in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection either alone or with the Revenue Commissioners on bogus self-employment, and their outcomes? How many cases were determined to be bogus self-employment?
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: 54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has brought forward proposals for a new total contribution pension scheme; if not, when she expects to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50284/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (4 Dec 2019)
John Curran: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW action of the Climate Action Plan 2019 to develop a roadmap to promote greater use of lower carbon building material alternatives in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50470/19]