asked the Minister for Labour if he will ensure that redundancy payment is made to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
Written Answers. - Redundancy Payment.
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My Department have no record of any claim for a redundancy payment in respect of the person concerned.
Under the Redundancy Payments Acts the responsibility for payment of a redundancy lump sum is a matter in the first instance for the employer concerned. If the employer refuses or fails to make the payment within a reasonable time, an employee can apply to my Department for direct payment from the redundancy and employers' insolvency fund. Such application must, however, be supported by evidence of entitlement to a redundancy lump sum either in the form of a redundancy certificate (RP2) issued by the employer or, where entitlement is contested by the employer, a decision of the employment appeals tribunal in the employee's favour.
The person concerned in the question should, therefore, approach his employer in the first instance about payment of any redundancy lump sum to which he considers he is entitled. If the employer fails to issue him with a redundancy certificate, it is then open to the employee to appeal to the employment appeals tribunal for a determination of his entitlement.
I have arranged to have my Department send copies of the relevant forms and booklets to both the employer and the employee and, if the person concerned requires any further information about the procedure for making a claim, he should contact the redundancy payments section of my Department.