Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be impact on statutory redundancy for a worker from a company (details supplied) that takes up additional employment during the statutory redundancy consultation period provided they do not formally resign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18681/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I would like to again extend my sympathies to all employees who have been affected by the sudden closure of Roadbridge Limited. Since becoming aware of the closure, Government have been working in a coordinated way to support the employees in any way possible. The Department of Social Protection have already ensured that income supports will be made available to impacted staff during the consultation period.

There is no statutory restriction on employees taking up additional employment during the consultation period, in circumstances where they are not expected to attend the workplace. Provided they do not resign from their current employment, there should be no obstacle to retaining their statutory redundancy entitlements. The receiver clarified this matter to employees on 15 March 2022.

The Department of Social Protection will ensure that applications for statutory redundancy or other wage related entitlements from the Social Insurance Fund will be dealt with in a timely manner.