Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 November 2020
86. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39204/20]
View answer89. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Kildare that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39211/20]
View answer100. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Kilkenny that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39209/20]
View answer101. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses nationwide that have applied for funding under the Covid restrictions support scheme; the number that have been successful in their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39184/20]
View answer102. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Cork that have qualified for the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39195/20]
View answer114. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Carlow that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39201/20]
View answer119. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Limerick that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39207/20]
View answer127. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Mayo and Roscommon that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39189/20]
View answer128. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with the roll out of the CRSS; the number of applications received to date for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34992/20]
View answer140. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39199/20]
View answer150. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Clare that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39202/20]
View answer152. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in Dublin that have qualified for the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39191/20]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 86, 89, 100 to 102, inclusive, 114, 119, 127, 128, 140, 150 and 152 together.
The 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: https://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 26 November 2020, 10,200 businesses have registered for CRSS in respect of 11,100 business premises. A further 3,700 applications are currently being processed by Revenue.
Businesses registered for CRSS, which carry on a business activity from a business premises located in a region that is subject to COVID-19 related restrictions, can now make a claim for payment under CRSS via the eRepayments system through ROS where they satisfy the qualification criteria for the scheme.
CRSS applies as regards restrictions in place from 13 October 2020 and eligible businesses that have been subject to restrictions since that date may make a claim covering the period from 13 October 2020 up to the expected end date of the current restrictions, which is 1 December 2020. One payment will be made to eligible businesses covering this restrictions period, with payments made by Revenue within 3 days of the submission of a qualifying claim. Up to 26 November 2020, Revenue has processed €51.6 million CRSS payments relating to 8,200 premises with €50.0 million of this processed for payment already.
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:
https://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 every Thursday (and published at the same link) with the most recent available data.
I would also refer the Deputies to my answer to PQ 39179 yesterday for a county by county breakdown of registrations.
