Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 February 2022
43. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications by business for Covid-19 supports under all schemes administered by his Department in 2020 and 2021, by county; and the number of rejected applications for Covid-19 supports under all schemes administered by his Department by business and by county in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [6412/22]
View answerA wide range of loans and grants have been provided by my Department in 2020 and 2021 in the context of Covid and Brexit and a table of these is updated every month on my Department’s website.
In terms of loans, the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme saw 8,023 loans drawn down during 2020 and 2021.
At the end of January 2022, 1,112 loans were drawn down under the Covid-19 Loan Scheme. While 3,471 Future Growth Loan Scheme loans have been sanctioned.
The Covid-19 Working Capital Scheme approved 1036 loans in 2020 and 2021.
Regarding grants, the Restart Grant Scheme approved 108,489 successful applications. The Small Business Assistance Scheme for COVID was provided to 5,500 applications.
Enterprise Ireland approved 2,950 companies through initiatives such as the Sustaining Enterprise Fund, the Covid-19 Product Scheme, Lean Business Continuity Offer. The COVID-19 Online Retail Scheme is also included in this which provided funding to 503 retailers nationwide.
The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) approved 9,389 Business Continuity Vouchers in 2020, 17388 Trading Online Voucher were approved 196 approvals were made for applications for the Micro Enterprise Assistance Fund (MEAF).
In addition, IDA Ireland provided supports through their Business Continuity Support scheme and the Covid-19 Products Scheme while InterTradeIreland provided assistance through their E-Merge and Emergency Business Solutions.
