Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I would like to inform the Deputy that an application for a rebate was received in the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department on 3 March 2009.

Unfortunately, reflecting the turmoil in the labour market, there has been a huge increase in the number of claims. In the interest of fairness, all claims are being dealt with in order of receipt. Currently, on-line claims submitted in November last are being processed, and those submitted manually in October are now being reached for processing. Obviously this delay is very much regretted and every effort is being made to allocate increased resources to the Redundancy Payments Section. I fully appreciate the difficulties facing those who have lost their jobs. Unfortunately, these are common challenges being faced by many and the main focus of my Departments efforts is to make sure that everybody's claim is dealt with in order and within the quickest possible timeframe.