Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the course of action open to a person (details supplied) in respect of a redundancy claim upheld by both a rights commissioner and the Labour Court, where the employer continues to refuse payment; and if he will request FÁS to finalise this matter. [6427/07]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will appreciate that while FÁS provides funding for certain labour market programmes including Job Initiative the sponsor, Ballymun Job Centre in this case, is the employer.

I understand from FÁS that the person participated on a Job Initiative Scheme managed by Ballymun Job Centre and was made redundant in 2003. I am informed that Ballymun Job Centre paid the sum of €4,702.80 Statutory Redundancy Payment and that FÁS reimbursed Ballymun Job Centre this amount. In October 2003, the Rights Commissioner made a judgement and awarded three weeks pay per year of service in addition to the statutory payments already agreed, resulting in an award to the person of €6,583.92.

I am informed that Ballymun Job Centre has paid €3,490.00 of the additional award from its own resources. It is understood that the Rights Commissioner judgment was made under Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 and I understand that the Labour Court has no record of an appeal in this case.