Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)

As the Minister of State will be aware, it was stated in the reply that people were made redundant "often from very profitable companies", but at times they are seeking their redundancy payments from companies that are not profitable. This is militating against the creation of jobs.

The Minister of State is responding on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection and has been given the reply. However, I asked if a detailed evaluation was carried out prior to the introduction of the change in the scheme. I think the departmental officials did not read the question I asked, because I was looking for a cost benefit analysis and the impact on job creation, which should be done prior to the introduction of new measures.

I sincerely thank the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Perry, for coming into the House to respond to the Adjournment, but unfortunately the reply he was given was not appropriate to the question I raised.