396. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 22 October 2025, to detail the formal reviews, analyses or assessments that have been undertaken by his Department regarding the €600 statutory redundancy weekly earnings cap since it was last amended in 2005; the dates and conclusions of any such reviews; whether there are any recommendation to increase the cap made by officials to successive Ministers during that period; and the way in which his Department justifies the continued retention of a 2005 earnings cap despite the substantial increase in average earnings and cumulative inflation over the intervening 20 years. [45392/26]

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396. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 22 October 2025, to detail the formal reviews, analyses or assessments that have been undertaken by his Department regarding the €600 statutory redundancy weekly earnings cap since it was last amended in 2005; the dates and conclusions of any such reviews; whether there are any recommendation to increase the cap made by officials to successive Ministers during that period; and the way in which his Department justifies the continued retention of a 2005 earnings cap despite the substantial increase in average earnings and cumulative inflation over the intervening 20 years. [45392/26]

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