asked the Minister for Labour the number of redundancies per month in 1975 recorded by his Department; and the number of redundant persons called for AnCO training courses.
Written Answers. - Redundancy Statistics.
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The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Report. Following is the statement:
(a) number of qualified redundancies notified by employers under the Redundancy Payments Acts in 1975—
|
January, |
1975 |
— |
1,616 |
|
February, |
1975 |
— |
1,350 |
|
March, |
1975 |
— |
1,361 |
|
April, |
1975 |
— |
1,599 |
|
May, |
1975 |
— |
2,366 |
|
June, |
1975 |
— |
1,959 |
(b) Number of persons who have been called for AnCO training per month for 1975:—
|
School Leavers |
Self Employed |
Unemployed |
Redundant |
Employed |
Sponsored |
Agricultural |
Total |
|
|
January |
6 |
1 |
34 |
4 |
6 |
23 |
1 |
75 |
|
February |
34 |
4 |
262 |
49 |
55 |
89 |
19 |
512 |
|
March |
65 |
8 |
329 |
58 |
108 |
59 |
— |
627 |
|
April |
59 |
8 |
363 |
127 |
67 |
79 |
— |
703 |
|
May |
— |
4 |
442 |
58 |
65 |
84 |
— |
653 |
|
June |
— |
4 |
613 |
18 |
53 |
64 |
— |
752 |
|
Total |
164 |
29 |
2,043 |
314 |
354 |
398 |
20 |
3,322 |
c) AnCO's training centres provide 2,125 training places at present, with a throughput of 4,800 persons.
d) In general it is AnCO's experience that persons made redundant are slow to come forward for training and normally do not apply for admission to courses until their redundancy and social welfare benefits have been exhausted.