Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department in respect of each year from 2002 to date in 2009; the number of projected redundancies for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13348/09]

Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money paid out in statutory redundancy payment in respect of each year from 2002 to 2008 and the projected figure for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13349/09]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 77 together.

Table 1 sets out the number of statutory redundancies for years 2002 to 2008 and details for 2009 which are provisional figures (up to 30 March 2009). 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 employment. While I am unable to provide a projection of the number of projected redundancies in 2009, it may be helpful to the Deputy to note that in the first three months of this year, the level of new claims received averaged in excess of 1,600 a week and currently stand at 19,742 as at 30 March 2009.

Table 2 sets out the amount of monies paid out of the Social Insurance Fund in respect of redundancy claims for the years 2002-2008 and up to end February, 2009. It should be noted that the figures provided for 2008 and to date in 2009 are provisional figures. It is not possible to project the figure for 2009 given that this will hinge on a number of variables including the number of claims received, the length of service of the claimants etc.