Written answers

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Job Losses

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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686. 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 June 2020; the number of jobs involved by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14817/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection of the proposed collective redundancy. 

The statistics in relation to collective redundancy notifications for June 2020 are - 

Redundancy Notifications June
Number of Notifications Received 37
Number of Potential Redundancies Advised 1,464

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 a county by county basis.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy. 

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