Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 10 March 2009, if she will make further inquiries as to whether her Department received an application form for payment of the EAT determination; the way post received in her Department is recorded and tracked; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that An Post has confirmed the successful delivery of the application to her Department on 5 February 2009 and that it was signed for (details supplied); when payment will be made in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11732/09]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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When this question was first answered on 10 March, the redundancy claim form (RP50) and the EAT determination had, in fact, been lodged in the Department but had not been entered on the system due to the very significant increase in the numbers of claims received. The claim was subsequently entered and the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department is now in the process of completing administration checks on the lump sum claim for the statutory redundancy payment to the person concerned. Payment is expected to issue by the end of this week which will be just outside our customer service target of 6 weeks for lump sum payments. Procedures are being put in place (including the allocation of additional staff) to cope with the huge administrative burden on staff in the Redundancy Payments Section including ensuring that an efficient tracking system for claims received in the Department is in operation.