Written answers
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Department of Social Protection
Redundancy Rebates
Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid to employees who worked in the small and medium enterprise sector under RP50 redundancy payments, including both the employers contribution and the rebate from the State, as a combined total for each of the past seven years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2328/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Expenditure on the redundancy payments scheme over the seven years 2007 to 2013 inclusive is set out in the table.
Expenditure on Statutory Redundancy Payments
Year | Rebates to Employers (€ million) | Lump sums to employees (€ million) | Total (€ million) |
---|---|---|---|
2013 (provisional) | 49.5 | 76.6 | 126.1 |
2012 | 167.4 | 134.3 | 301.7 |
2011 | 185.3 | 126.7 | 311.96 |
2010 | 373.2 | 96.77 | 469.97 |
2009 | 247.9 | 87.96 | 335.86 |
2008 | 161.8 | 31.91 | 193.71 |
2007 | 167.4 | 15.93 | 183.33 |
All of this expenditure is from the Social Insurance Fund. It is not possible to determine what proportion of this expenditure relates to redundancies in the small to medium enterprise sector.
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