Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28805/09]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department received an application on 1 April, 2009 for a statutory redundancy lump sum payment in respect of the individual referred to. In instances where an employer is unable or refuses to pay the statutory lump sum as required in the first instance, my Department pays the statutory amount from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) but, before doing so, the Department requires documentary evidence in support of the claim of inability to pay.

In all such cases, the employer is asked to provide to the Department a letter from his accountant or solicitor confirming inability to pay as well as other documentary evidence (i.e. audited accounts or statement of affairs) within 30 days of the Department's request. In this particular case, the necessary support documentation has now been supplied and the documents are currently being examined. Assuming the documentation is in order, it should be possible to issue payment in this case shortly.