Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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474. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the liability the Exchequer has for redundancy payments at a company (details supplied) in the event of redundancies being made prior to the sale of this business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13198/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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It is the responsibility of the employer to pay statutory redundancy to all its eligible employees. Where an employer can prove to the satisfaction of the Department that he/she is unable to make statutory redundancy payments to his/her eligible employees the Department will make lump sum payments directly to those employees. This raises a debt against the employer which the Department will seek to recover.

I am advised that the company referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a court-appointed Examinership process under the supervision of the High Court. The number of redundancies, if any that may arise from the company is not known and, therefore, it is not possible to estimate the liability that may accrue to the Social Insurance Fund arising from any such redundancies.