Section 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 to date in 2020 are -
Collective Redundancies Notified
|
Number of Notifications Received
|
Number of Potential Redundancies Advised
|
January
|
9
|
391
|
February
|
10
|
379
|
March
|
16
|
1195
|
April
|
17
|
1960
|
May
|
28
|
2159
|
June
|
37
|
1464
|
July (to 22/7)
|
19
|
871
|
The statistics in relation to collective redundancy notifications in 2019 are -
Collective Redundancies Notified
|
Number of Notifications Received
|
Number of Potential Redundancies Advised
|
January
|
7
|
233
|
February
|
5
|
212
|
March
|
13
|
844
|
April
|
9
|
168
|
May
|
20
|
793
|
June
|
7
|
280
|
July
|
8
|
408
|
August
|
10
|
329
|
September
|
10
|
280
|
October
|
12
|
1122
|
November
|
7
|
542
|
December
|
4
|
241
|
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 am further advised that statistics are not retained on a sectoral basis.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.