Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to his Department to date; the way this compares with the same period in each year from 2002 to 2006; his views on the reported increase in the number of redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25373/07]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of actual redundancies notified to my Department for the period 1 January to 30 September for the years 2002-2007 are as follows:

This compares with the full year figures for the years 2002-2006 which were:

These figures show the number of employees who actually qualified for statutory redundancy lump sum payments. They do not reflect those who lost their jobs with less than two years service in an employment. I have no control over the number of redundancies that occur at any given time. The number of redundancies over the period in question have fluctuated year on year. The final figure for 2007 will be available early in the new year.

The number of people in employment has increased significantly since 2002. Redundancy is a risk associated with employment and the risk has increased from an average annual risk prior to 2002 of 0.787% to 1.34% for the period 2002 to 2006.