Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 December 2023
426. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter with regard to redundancy payments from a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53213/23]
View answerThe Animal Health and Welfare (Fur Farming Compensation Scheme) Regulations 2022 S.I. 650 OF 2022 makes provision for compensation of the employer (fur farmer) for costs incurred in making an employee redundant, including any lump sum paid to the employee in accordance with section 19 of the Redundancy Payments Act of 1967, as a result of the ban on fur farming. This may also include certain compensation for payments made to the employee as part of a training fund. The assessor appointed by me to determine the compensation amounts payable continues to evaluate applications from the fur farmers in accordance with the provisions of SI No. 650 of 2022. However, an individual's entitlement to a redundancy payment is covered under the Act of 1967 and is a matter for the employer and the employee and is not under the remit of my Department.
