Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand that. I think people would have appreciated at the time that it was something of a wild west situation where many people were not registered for tax, not on the books, being paid through cash and so on. The problem with the deal was that it de facto made all couriers self-employed. If an employee wanted to try to change that, it would be very difficult. The power relationship, as Mr. Cody acknowledged, is very limited insofar as the cards available for the employee to play are concerned. They have to take an individual case to Scope in the Department of Social Protection and then possibly to the High Court. It made it impossible. This is one reason we are concerned about it because it made it impossible for an employee to change it. No cycle or motorcycle courier would be in a position to jump easily through all those hoops. Would Mr. Cody agree?