Musician refuses bogus self-employment hearing as he thinks he won't 'get a fair hearing'

Musician Matt McGranaghan.

A musician refused to attend a Department of Social Protection appeal hearing to determine whether or not he is self-employed as he doesn’t believe he will “get a fair hearing”.

Fiddle-player Matt McGranaghan won a ruling from the department in November 2020 which stated that he was owed back-pay in terms of PRSI contributions for the years in which he had been bogus self-employed.