Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
310. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath, respectively, currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the business resumption support scheme and the Covid restrictions support scheme, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63590/21]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, Revenue has published, since the onset of the pandemic, regular statistical updates on the COVID-19 support schemes that it administers. These statistics are available at:
www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/number-of-taxpayers-and-returns/covid-19-support-schemes-statistics.aspx.
It should be noted that updates are provided each week at the same link. The latest statistics release from 13 January 2022 shows the employers and employees being supported by the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) by county for the most recent month available, i.e. currently December 2021. The release also shows information on those businesses currently being supported by the COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS).
Registration for the Business Resumption Support Scheme (BRSS) opened on 6 September 2021 and the scheme concluded on 30 November for new applicants. The statistics release dated 6 January 2022 at the above link shows the breakdown by county of the businesses that availed of the scheme.
The table below provides the EWSS, CRSS and BRSS data requested by the Deputy in respect of Counties Longford and Westmeath:
|
County |
EWSS Supported Employers (December 2021) |
EWSS Supported Employees (December 2021) |
Businesses Supported by CRSS (claim periods 20 December 2021 onwards ) |
Businesses Supported by BRSS (since scheme introduced) |
|
Longford |
170 |
1,178 |
10 |
20 |
|
Westmeath |
460 |
4,055 |
50 |
40 |
