Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
401. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will set out the number of employees for whom employers accessed support through the TWSS for the final payment run under the terms of the scheme that were paid weekly, every two weeks and monthly in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32464/20]
View answerI would like to advise the Deputy that Revenue has recently prepared a detailed statistical report on the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS), following the filing of payslips for the period to end August. This report is published at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/research/statistical-overview-of-covid-19-twss.pdf.
Included on page 10 of this report is a breakdown of TWSS employees by pay frequency. Revenue has confirmed that the pay frequency breakdown as reflected in the report remained relatively unchanged throughout the operation of the scheme.
The information requested by the Deputy is also set out in the tables below:
|
Pay Frequency of TWSS Employees |
Percentage of TWSS Employees |
|
Weekly |
62% |
|
Fortnightly |
9% |
|
Monthly |
27% |
|
Other |
1% |
|
Month |
Number of TWSS Employees |
|
March |
70,400 |
|
April |
424,700 |
|
May |
464,300 |
|
June |
444,300 |
|
July |
445,700 |
|
August |
399,600 |
For August, the final month that the TWSS was in operation, using the information in the above tables, the estimated numbers of TWSS employees at each pay frequency are set out in the table below:
|
August |
Percentage of TWSS Employees |
Number of TWSS Employees |
|
Weekly |
62% |
247,752 |
|
Fortnightly |
9% |
35,964 |
|
Monthly |
27% |
107,892 |
|
Other |
1% |
3,996 |
|
Total |
99%* |
395,604* |
