Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 31 October 2007
314 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made to the Employment Appeals Tribunal for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 that secured a hearing; and the number of applications that did not receive a hearing; the number of outstanding applications in tabular readable form. [26540/07]
View answerThe information recorded by the Tribunal is set out in the Tabular Statement below.
|
Year |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 (at 26 October) |
|
Applications Received* |
3,754 |
3,727 |
3,480 |
2,630 |
|
Applications Disposed of** |
3,625 |
3,467 |
3,169 |
2,261 |
|
Sittings (Hearings)*** |
1,108 |
1,141 |
1,062 |
963 |
|
OutstandingApplications**** |
776 |
1,104 |
1,379 |
1,701 |
*Applications can be lodged under a number of legislative instruments — such applications are heard simultaneously.
**Applications disposed of may relate to applications lodged in previous year.
***A sitting may include more than one application.
****Outstanding includes new and part-heard applications.
