Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of redundancies her Department has been notified of in each month to date in 2020; the number notified in each month of 2019; the number of companies involved; the sectors impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18131/20]

Heather 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 of the proposed collective redundancy. 

The statistics in relation to collective redundancy notifications to date in 2020 are -

The statistics in relation to collective redundancy notifications in 2019 are -

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 sectoral basis. 

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.