Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the person (details supplied) in County Cork, who was made redundant in February 2009, will be paid their redundancy entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9710/10]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of redundancy payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation.

I can confirm that my Department received a statutory lump sum application for the individual concerned on 23 June, 2009 claiming inability to pay on behalf of the employer.

I understand that a query was raised with the employer on this claim which has now been resolved. In these circumstances, it will be possible to have the claim for the individual processed and paid over the next 2-3 weeks.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding her application for assistance from the EU Globalisation Fund for workers who have been made redundant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9751/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department submitted three applications in 2009 for co-financing assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) towards the cost of guidance, training, entrepreneurship and education programmes for redundant workers at the Dell computer manufacturing plant in Raheen, Co. Limerick, the Waterford Crystal plant in Kilbarry, Co. Waterford and the S R Technics facility at Dublin Airport.

The application in relation to the DELL redundancies was approved late last year by the EU budgetary authorities and a funds transfer of €14.8m is expected shortly. The Government is providing a matching element of €8m in funding in respect of this application.

The Waterford Crystal application is currently at the inter-service consultation stage within the European Commission and will upon approval subsequently be considered by the College of Commissioners, the European Council and the European Parliament.

My Department is currently preparing a response to a request from the European Commission for further information in relation to the EGF application made in relation to S R Technics redundancies.

My Department continues to monitor redundancies nationwide in order to assess whether further EGF applications, which must meet strict EGF Regulation criteria and conditions, can be successfully made by Ireland.