Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 July 2020
466. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of companies that have notified her Department of redundancies since March 2020; the number of redundancies arising from those notifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16750/20]
View answerSection 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister of the proposed collective redundancy.
The statistics in relation to collective redundancy notifications since March 2020 are -
|
Collective Redundancies Notified |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July (to 15/07) |
|
Number of Notifications Received |
16 |
17 |
28 |
37 |
11 |
|
Number of Potential Redundancies Advised |
1195 |
1960 |
2159 |
1464 |
555 |
My Department monitors that the legislative requirements for consultation and notification of potential redundancies to the Minister are complied with.
I am advised that it is not possible to confirm if the actual number of redundancies occurring will correlate to that advised to me as Minister as a potential redundancy.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
