Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
132. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance when the report commissioned by his Department and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on bogus self-employment practices in the construction sector and resultant losses incurred in PAYE and PRSI will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37596/17]
View answer162. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the drafting, completion and publication of the report investigating bogus self-employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38036/17]
View answer173. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance when the results of the consultation process into the impact of bogus self-employment arrangements will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38049/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 132, 162 and 173 together.
The consultation process on "the use of intermediary-type employment structures and self-employment arrangements and their impact on tax and PRSI" invited submissions from interested parties on possible measures to address the loss to the Exchequer that may arise under two sets of arrangements:
- where an individual, who would otherwise be an employee, establishes a company to provide his or her services, and
- where an individual, who is dependent on, and under the control of, a single employer in the same manner as an employee, is classified as a self-employed individual.
I am not in a position to give the Deputy an exact date for publication but I am informed that the drafting and editing of the report, being undertaken by a working group of officials, is virtually complete so I expect to receive it shortly.
As soon as it reaches me, and my colleague the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, we will consider its contents and then I expect we will publish it.
