Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 November 2020
56. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for the Covid restrictions support scheme to date by county; the number of applications that have been successful by county; the value of the financial support per county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39179/20]
View answerThe Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) was announced in the Budget on 13 October 2020. The details are set out in Finance Bill 2020 and guidelines on the operation of the scheme, including the eligibility criteria, are available on the Revenue website at:
www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/press-office/budget-information/2021/crss-guidelines.pdf.
The registration system for CRSS was released by Revenue on 1 November 2020 and eligible businesses have been able to register for the scheme on the Revenue Online Service (ROS) since then. Up to 23 November 2020, 8,300 businesses have registered for CRSS in respect of 8,900 business premises. A further 4,300 applications are currently being processed by Revenue.
The geographical breakdown on a county basis (rounded to the nearest 100) of the business premises in respect of which CRSS registrations have been made up to 23 November 2020 is as follows:
|
County |
|
|
Carlow |
100 |
|
Cavan |
200 |
|
Clare |
300 |
|
Cork |
1,100 |
|
Donegal |
400 |
|
Dublin |
2,100 |
|
Galway |
600 |
|
Kerry |
500 |
|
Kildare |
300 |
|
Kilkenny |
200 |
|
Laois |
100 |
|
Leitrim |
100 |
|
Limerick |
400 |
|
Longford |
100 |
|
Louth |
300 |
|
Mayo |
300 |
|
Meath |
300 |
|
Monaghan |
100 |
|
Offaly |
100 |
|
Roscommon |
100 |
|
Sligo |
100 |
|
Tipperary |
400 |
|
Waterford |
200 |
|
Westmeath |
200 |
|
Wexford |
300 |
|
Wicklow |
200 |
Revenue is publishing regular statistical updates on the operation of CRSS, as they have done for the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) since March and are doing on a continuing basis for the Employment Wage Support Scheme (EWSS).
These updates are available at:
www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/number-of-taxpayers-and-returns/covid-19-support-schemes-statistics.aspx.
The statistics include, among other items, the number of businesses successfully registered for CRSS by county. These statistics will be updated regularly (and published at the same link) and I am advised they will shortly include information on county level payments once the relevant data is available and validated by Revenue.
