Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 October 2012
158. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45398/12]
View answerOn the 7th December 2011 this matter was heard before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) with 22 appellants seeking a redundancy payment. The EAT upheld that 20 of the 22 appellants were entitled to a statutory redundancy payment from their former employer, the organisation to which the Deputy refers. The appeals of the other two appellants were withdrawn at the hearing. Following the EAT decision, redundancy lump sum claims in respect of the 20 eligible employees were received by the Department. The 20 claims have been awarded and payment of their statutory redundancy entitlement, issued directly to those former employees in May 2012. The Department has no outstanding statutory redundancy payment claims on hand in respect of the organisation to which the Deputy refers.
