Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [22962/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has no record of an application for statutory redundancy in respect of the individual in question. Under the Redundancy Payments Scheme all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. A redundancy situation arises in general where an employee's job no longer exists and he/she is not replaced. It is up to the employer concerned to determine whether or not there is in fact a redundancy situation. Disputes in this regard can be referred to the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) for adjudication.

In the event of a positive finding by the Tribunal in favour of an individual, application for a redundancy payment should be made by the individual on form RP 50 which is available from the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department. This form should be completed and returned with the decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal which will allow the application to be processed. It should be noted that an employee must make application for a redundancy payment or seek a determination from the EAT within twelve months of ceasing of employment.