ISME urges publication of redundancy figures

THE Irish Small & Medium Enterprise Association (ISME) has called on the Government to publish an up-to-date list of monthly redundancy figures, which they have failed to do so since August 2011.

The association said no figures had been published since the Department of Social Protection took responsibility for compiling the figures from the Department of Jobs more than four months ago.

ISME chief executive Mark Fielding said the monthly figures are extremely important as they indicate the number of redundancies announced, the trends, sectors and areas most affected.