Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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1312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with a redundancy package from a Tús supervisor position in view of the fact that such a package was first offered in April 2018; the reason for the protracted and ongoing delays in relation to same; when the person can avail of the redundancy package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36756/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides a range of activation supports and programmes catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include the Tús programme which is a work placement scheme that aims to provide short-term quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed while also assisting in providing certain services of benefit to communities. 

If a Tús supervisor is made redundant by their employer  and qualifies for a payment under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2007, the supervisor would be entitled to statutory redundancy at a rate of two weeks’ pay per year of service, plus a further week’s pay (subject to an earnings limit of €600.00 per week). 

My Department is very conscious of the valuable contribution the Tús scheme is making in the provision of services to individuals and communities across Ireland and will be doing all it can to ensure that any adjustment in supervisor and participant numbers will be implemented in an orderly manner to minimise disruption to all stakeholders.