Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 1 December 2009, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Garda has completed its inquiries and has identified the person who illegally cashed the lump sum redundancy cheque which was issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford but inadvertently sent to an incorrect address; if this will be verified immediately by her Department; if a replacement cheque will issue to the claimant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4284/10]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I can advise the Deputy that, as I indicated in my reply to Question No. 77 of 1 December 2009, my Department issued a cheque to the individual in question at the address supplied on the RP 50 form submitted to my Department. It appears that the cheque was intercepted and cashed by someone other than the payee. I understand that the Garda was asked by the claimant to investigate the matter and that the investigation is ongoing. The position is that, in issuing the cheque to the claimant at the address supplied, my Department has fulfilled its responsibility to the claimant. The claimant in this instance might be advised to seek to recover the money from the financial institution at which the cheque was cashed. In the normal course, the cheque should either have been lodged to the payee's account or have been cashed only after proof of identity was provided.