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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2020

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Questions (226, 227, 228)

Gerald Nash

Question:

226. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses and employees respectively on the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31482/20]

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Gerald Nash

Question:

227. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the percentage and number of employees on the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, receiving a full wage top-up contribution from their employers; the percentage and number of employees on the EWSS receiving a partial wage top-up from their employers; the percentage and number of employees on the EWSS receiving no top-up of their wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31483/20]

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Gerald Nash

Question:

228. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of employees respectively on the lower and higher rate of employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/20]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 to 228, inclusive, together.

Revenue is publishing regular statistical updates on the operation of the Employment Wage Support Scheme (EWSS), as it did previously for the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS). These statistics are available at: https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/number-of-taxpayers-and-returns/covid-19-wage-subsidy-scheme-statistics.aspx.

In the statistics release dated 15 October 2020 at the above link, Table 3 shows the numbers of EWSS employers and employees by county for September (the most recent full month EWSS payment data). For Louth, these figures are roughly 850 and 7,500 respectively. Regarding Question 228, Table 4 of the same statistics shows the number of employees in respect of whom EWSS is being paid, by their weekly pay range.

Regarding Question 227, the EWSS operates as a flat rate subsidy based on the number of qualifying employees on each employer’s payroll. Employers operate payroll as normal while in receipt of EWSS and therefore, unlike the TWSS, the issue of employer additional pay or top-ups does not arise.

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