Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if sufficient resources will be made available to the Employment Appeals Tribunal, which is under the aegis of her Department, to ensure that it is in a position to deal with claims in a prompt manner and to reduce the backlog that is causing financial hardship to persons who have recently been made redundant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48167/09]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Appeals Tribunal is an independent, quasi-judicial body under the aegis of my Department. Secretarial and administrative support is provided by Departmental staff. Additional administrative resources have been allocated to the Tribunal, both last year and this year, to help it process claims. I am aware that the Tribunal has been taking additional administrative and organizational steps aimed at reducing the waiting time for the hearing of redundancy-related claims. The Tánaiste and I will be keeping the matter under review and will take further action, if possible within the current constraints that exist in relation to resources.