Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of redundancies arising from the liquidation of a company (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14793/11]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent of redundancy payments which have been paid to date in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Clare; the number of outstanding redundancy payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14795/11]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when is it expected that all redundancy payments will be made in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14796/11]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14798/11]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14810/11]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14811/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 to 116, inclusive, together.

On 1 January 2011, my Department assumed responsibility for making redundancy payments from the Social Insurance Fund. There are two types of redundancy payment made from the fund i.e. 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 over one hundred and sixty one statutory redundancy lump sum claims have been received over various dates in March 2011 in respect of the former employees of the company concerned and these claims await processing. Lump sum claims from January and February of this year are currently being processed.

Current processing times are attributed to a high level of claims over the past number of years, and delays are regretted. The Department is investing in a new IT system and process which is due to go live in the final quarter of this year, which will impact positively on processing times.