asked the Minister for Labour the total number of redundancies notified to his Department for each month in 1988; and the number of redundancies notified for each month in 1989 up to 30 November 1989.
Written Answers. - Redundancy Statistics.
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in a tabular statement which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
The total numbers of redundancies notified to the Department of Labour for each month in 1988 and for each month in 1989 up to 30 November, the figure for November 1989 is a provisional one, were:
|
1988 |
1989 |
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January |
2,491 |
1,388 |
|
|
February |
2,634 |
1,375 |
|
|
March |
2,327 |
1,232 |
|
|
April |
1,750 |
1,408 |
|
|
May |
1,807 |
1,455 |
|
|
June |
1,867 |
1,173 |
|
|
July |
1,754 |
1,072 |
|
|
August |
1,633 |
733 |
|
|
September |
1,785 |
801 |
|
|
October |
1,545 |
909 |
|
|
November |
1,907 |
992 |
(Provisional) |
|
December |
1,537 |
— |
|
|
Total |
23,037 |
12,538 |
(Up to 30 November, 1989) |
The above figures relate to notifications of proposed redundancies under the Redundancy Payments Acts and not to actual redundancies. They do not, therefore, include certain categories of employees which do not come within the scope of the Redundancy Payments Acts; employees with less than two years eligible service with an employer, employees who are under 16 years of age or who have reached the qualifying age of old age pension or employees who work less than 18 hours per week.