Estimated job losses in 1980
The Minister said comprehensive job-loss figures were unavailable, though manufacturing figures were expected in about two months. The remaining questions were deferred, and the Chair said he would respond to a request to raise Question No. 15 on the Adjournment.
The requirement to notify job losses is confined to situations where the Redundancy Payments Acts and the Protection of Employment Act apply. Official information on job losses is, therefore, incomplete. One sector where reliable information on job losses is compiled, however, is manufacturing industry, and I expect figures on the net job situation in that sector for 1980 to be available in about two months' time.
Comment on this
Could I ask your permission, Sir, to raise the subject matter of Question No. 15 on the Adjournment?