Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a statutory redundancy payment was not made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11986/07]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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From enquiries made in the Redundancy Payments section of this Department, I understand that the person concerned, who was made redundant on 11th March 2005, received a statutory redundancy payment of €49,800.00 from his employer in respect of his employment from 30 September 1963 to 11th March 2005. He signed Form RP2 acknowledging receipt of the statutory redundancy payment. A period of lay-off due to strike action, from 8th July to 8th August 1980 and from 16 to 26 September 1984, which amounted to 43 days, was deducted from the calculation of total service.

An employee must seek a statutory redundancy lump sum or part thereof from his former employer within 12 months from the date of termination of his employment. If he were dissatisfied with the Redundancy Lump Sum he could have lodged an appeal with the Employment Appeals Tribunal also within 12 months from the date of termination. The Employment Appeals Tribunal has discretion to extend this 12-month period to 2 years. As it is now over 2 years since the redundancy in question, the person concerned is now out of time for bringing a claim for any balance of his statutory redundancy payment before the Employment Appeals Tribunal.