Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 July 2020
56. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to situations in which a business pays rates to multiple local authorities under a single trading name; and if the qualification for the restart grant is based on the overall turnover nationally for the business (details supplied). [17241/20]
View answerUnder the terms and conditions of the current Restart Grant scheme and for further clarity, the qualifying criteria is essentially that the applicant business in its totality must not have more than 50 staff overall and have a maximum turnover of €5 million.
A business with a number of stores in one Local Authority region or in several, that each has a rates bill, is eligible to apply for the equivalent of the 2019 rates bill for each store, subject currently to the maximum of €10k grant for each store.
In addition, the local authorities have been instructed to consider applications on a case-by-case basis. The Scheme also provides for an appeal to the relevant Local Authority within 7 days of the the refusal of any application.
