Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2009
180 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their redundancy money; the further reason their four weeks insolvency pay and four weeks holiday pay have not been awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1810/09]
View answerClaims for statutory redundancy and claims under the Insolvency payments Acts are dealt with separately. The receiver for the factory named by the Deputy submitted a claim for statutory redundancy on behalf of the person mentioned to my Department on 28 November 2008. The Department is awaiting clarification from the receiver on a number of issues raised and will not be in a position to make a payment until theses issues are resolved.
Claims under the Insolvency Payments Scheme in respect of arrears of wages, holiday pay and minimum notice were received in the Department on 21 November and are currently being processed. The volume of claims under the Insolvency Payments Scheme has increased by over 100% in 2008, and this has impacted on claim processing times. Measures on staffing resources have been taken to address the situation. Processing of the applications and issue of payments should be completed shortly.
181 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of, total value of and average value of, redundancy rebates sought by employers in respect of employees in 2007 and 2008 and for which a payment from the social insurance fund was made; and the total number of employees claimed for. [2307/09]
View answer182 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of, total value of and average value of redundancy rebates sought by employees in 2007 and 2008 and for which a payment from the social insurance fund was made. [2309/09]
View answer223 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies recorded for 2008 in the Dublin postal districts of Dublin 9, Dublin 11 and Dublin 17 respectively with a breakdown of each by industrial group. [2306/09]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 181, 182 and 223 together.
Payment of statutory redundancy is, in the first instance, a matter for the employer. An employer who makes a statutory redundancy payment to an employee is entitled to apply for a rebate of 60% of the total cost from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF). Employees are only paid statutory redundancy lump sums from the Social Insurance Fund where the employer is not, due to insolvency, receivership or examiner ship, in a position to make the payment directly to them.
Table A shows the number of redundancies recorded for 2008 in the Dublin postal districts of Dublin 9, Dublin 11 and Dublin 17 respectively with a breakdown of each by industrial group. Table B under shows the number of rebate claims paid in the years 2007-8, the total value of these claims and the average per claim. Table C under shows the number of lump sum claims paid directly to employees in the years 2007-8, the total value of these claims and the average per claim. It should be noted that the figures provided for 2008 are, as yet, provisional.
|
Industrial Group |
Dublin 9 |
Dublin 11 |
Dublin 17 |
Total |
|
Agriculture/Forestry and Fisheries |
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|
Energy and Water |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Extraction Industry (Chemical Products) |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Metal Manufacturing and Engineering |
2 |
19 |
5 |
26 |
|
Other Manufacturing |
32 |
150 |
32 |
214 |
|
Building and Civil Engineering |
160 |
100 |
63 |
323 |
|
Distributive Trades |
61 |
77 |
24 |
162 |
|
Transport and Communications |
3 |
23 |
31 |
57 |
|
Other Services |
136 |
103 |
87 |
326 |
|
Banking, Finance & Insurance |
6 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
|
TOTAL |
400 |
478 |
247 |
1,125 |
|
Employee No’s |
Total Payment |
Average Payment |
|
€m |
€ |
|
|
23,138 |
167.6 |
7,243.4 |
|
25,797 |
162.6 |
6,304.2 |
|
48,935 |
330.2 |
|
Employee No’s |
Total Payment |
Average Payment |
|
€m |
€ |
|
|
1,862 |
7.2 |
3,869.9 |
|
4,005 |
14.1 |
3,525.9 |
|
5,867 |
21.3 |
