John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses in Waterford City and County in each of the years 2004 to 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18805/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of actual redundancies notified to my Department for the years 2004-2007 for Waterford City and County are as follows:

These figures show the number of employees on whose behalf claims were submitted 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. Naturally I am concerned at any trend that indicates greater than normal volatility in the labour market. However, it must be remembered that redundancy — as recorded in these statistics — does not equate with unemployment.