Breaking Bogus Self-Employment

In October 2019, I blew the whistle on State organised and approved Bogus Self-Employment at the Oireachtas Social Welfare Committee – which you can find HERE Following my appearance as a whistleblower witness. The Committee asked the Chief Appeals Officer of the Social Welfare Appeals Office to appear at the Committee to answer the serious allegations of wrongdoing I had […]

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Dear Mr. O’Regan

Dear Mr. O’Regan, The Public Services Card is a ‘Big Deal’ for almost 1,000,000 old age pensioners and people with a disability who have the right to the protection of personal data concerning them and the right to have such data processed fairly for specified purposes and on the basis of the consent of the person concerned or some other […]

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Presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Bogus Self Employment

Earlier today Martin was in front of the Oireachtas Committee on Bogus Self Employment. This is another step in what has been a marathon journey for Martin. Perseverance could learn a lot from Martin McMahon about stickability. Below is a summary of his presentation. Please read it. It’ll give context to those tweets you see from time to time and […]

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A Tribute to Dara #NaturalDiamond

I’m very honoured to present the first Danielle Carroll Social Justice Campaigner Award. All around us we don’t see injustice. We are conditioned not to see injustice. Injustice is ‘normalized’ A mother walking the streets waiting for a hotel to agree to give her a roof over her child’s head for a night is ‘NORMAL’. Children with special needs denied […]

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The Idiot’s Guide To State Sponsored #BogusSelfEmployment

The Idiot’s Guide To State Sponsored #BogusSelfEmployment   What is Bogus Self-Employment? Bogus self-employment is when your employer labels you as self-employed when you are actually and factually an employee.   Why would an employer want to label an employee as self-employed? Employers label employees as self-employed in order to evade employers PRSI, Holiday pay, Maternity pay, Union recognition,  Employee […]

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