Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21687/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The only State body under the aegis of my Department is the Army Pensions Board. The Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Act specifies that the Board shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members. The secretary to the Board is provided from my Department’s staff.

Therefore, I can confirm that there have been no cases of bogus self-employment nor any cases currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination relating to the Army Pensions Board.