Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 25 Jul 1996

Vol. 468 No. 4

Written Answers. - Redundancy Payments.

Dermot Ahern

Question:

823 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will give an estimate of the Redundancy in the Employers Insolvency Fund in respect of 1994 and 1995; the estimated payments under several heads of expenditure thereon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16140/96]

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. R. Bruton)

My Department administers the redundancy and insolvency payments schemes. The amounts paid in respect of these schemes in 1994 and 1995 were as follows.

	1994	1995
	£m	£m
Redundancy Payments Scheme	18.975	18.534
Insolvency Payments Scheme	1.981	2.505
Total	20.956	21.039

These payments are made out of the social insurance fund which is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Social Welfare, Deputy De Rossa.