As the Department does not record nor compile information / statistics in the format sought by the Deputy in relation to all of the specific questions submitted, it has not been possible to provide a response in each case.
However, I can inform the Deputy that, in 2010, a total of €373 million was paid in rebates to employers who paid their employees lump sum payments. A further €96.7 million was paid out in lump sum redundancy payments where employers failed to make such payments.
Statistics on the numbers of redundancies notified for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 are set out in the tables 1 and 2.
Table 1: Number of Redundancies notified for the years 2008 to 2011 (up to September)
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011*
|
40,607
|
77,001
|
58,731
|
33,678
|
*provisional (from January, 2011 to September, 2011)
Table 2: Number of Redundancies notified for each month to date in 2011
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
July
|
Aug
|
Sept
|
4,846
|
3,089
|
5,349
|
3,725
|
4,102
|
3,669
|
4,703
|
3,829
|
3,367
|