Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of businesses that have notified her Department regarding their intention to consider collective redundancies in January, February, March, April and May 2020; the number of jobs involved by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9135/20]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy notify the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection of the proposed collective redundancy. 

The statistics in relation to collective redundancy notifications for the period January to May 2020 are set out in the following tabular statement: 

My Department monitors that the legislative requirements for consultation and notification of potential redundancies to the Minister are complied with.

I am advised that it is not possible to confirm if the actual number of redundancies occurring will correlate to that advised to me as Minister, as a potential redundancy.

I am further advised that statistics are not retained on county by county basis.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.