20 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Labour if his attention has been drawn to (1) the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967, as amended, which enable him to make redundancy lump sum payments to employees where employers, including fly-by-night or informally insolvent firms or companies, failed to pay the lump sums in cases where the employees concerned had taken all reasonable steps, other than legal proceedings, to obtain payment of the lump sums, (2) and the fact that employees of those delinquent firms have not yet been paid compensation due under the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973, for want of proper notice of dismissal; if he will now promote primary legislation in this parliamentary session to enable compensation for lack of minimum notice to be paid from the fund where the employee has taken all reasonable steps, other than legal proceedings, to obtain payment of the compensation as in the Redundancy Payments Act; alternatively, if he will promote measures for a decision of the Government to anticipate amending legislation as previously occurred in relation to Section 8 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971, in view of the number of awards of the Tribunal since 1983, which are not being paid from the fund.

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20 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Labour if his attention has been drawn to (1) the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967, as amended, which enable him to make redundancy lump sum payments to employees where employers, including fly-by-night or informally insolvent firms or companies, failed to pay the lump sums in cases where the employees concerned had taken all reasonable steps, other than legal proceedings, to obtain payment of the lump sums, (2) and the fact that employees of those delinquent firms have not yet been paid compensation due under the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973, for want of proper notice of dismissal; if he will now promote primary legislation in this parliamentary session to enable compensation for lack of minimum notice to be paid from the fund where the employee has taken all reasonable steps, other than legal proceedings, to obtain payment of the compensation as in the Redundancy Payments Act; alternatively, if he will promote measures for a decision of the Government to anticipate amending legislation as previously occurred in relation to Section 8 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971, in view of the number of awards of the Tribunal since 1983, which are not being paid from the fund.

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1. 28 June 1990

   Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Compensation for Loss of Employment.

   20 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Labour if his attention has been drawn to (1) the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967, as amended, which enable him to make redundancy lump sum payments to employees where employers, including fly-by-night or informally insolvent firms or companies, failed to pay the lump sums in cases where the employees concerned had taken all reasonable steps, other than legal proceedings, to obtain payment of the lump sums, (2) and the fact that employees of those delinquent firms have not yet been paid compensation due under the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973, for want of proper notice of dismissal; if he will now promote primary legislation in this parliamentary session to enable compensation for lack of minimum notice to be paid from the fund where the employee has taken all reasonable steps, other than legal proceedings, to obtain payment of the compensation as in the Redundancy Payments Act; alternatively, if he will promote measures for a decision of the Government to anticipate amending legislation as previously occurred in relation to Section 8 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971, in view of the number of awards of the Tribunal since 1983, which are not being paid from the fund.

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