Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications by employers, including the number of individual employee payments involved, to the social insurance fund claiming inability to pay statutory redundancy payments; the anticipated waiting period for a new application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1788/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department does not maintain statistics in relation to the number of companies with regard to their inability to pay statutory redundancy. However, as lump sums are paid where companies refuse to pay or are unable to pay, an indicator, which may be useful to the Deputy in this regard, is the level of lump sums in comparison to rebate payments, as shown in the table below:

Straightforward redundancy claims submitted online through a new processing system, since October 2011 are generally processed within 6 to 8 weeks, but this can vary considerably depending on the complexity of the claims.