Spain is not the only country where disguised self employment is an illegal practice, several investigations are ongoing in a growing number of countries especially targeting Ryanair bases.
In many countries it also illegal to work as a pilot with your own ltd and being subcontracted to an airline for contracts that last years, investigations are ongoing on this subject as well.
True that governments need money badly in times of crisis, Ireland included , but it is also true that this tax ,social security and labor law scam has to be stopped if we don't want to waste decades of social development and plunge back into the 18th century in just a few years.