Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
42. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated to local authority supports schemes by his Department, including the restart grant, the restart grant plus, and the small business assistance scheme for Covid-19 in the years 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1730/23]
View answerDuring the Covid 19 pandemic, the Government introduced necessary COVID pandemic restrictions to protect our community. The Government was not found wanting during this period of time and recognised the difficulties businesses were having and subsequently introduced Government business support schemes.
The Restart Grant Scheme and the successor Restart Grant Plus Scheme launched in May 2020 and closed for applications on 31st October 2020. The 31 Local Authorities who operated the scheme received a total of 123,185 applications, of which 108,489 were successful. Overall Scheme cost was €632.4m, allocated to the Scheme in 2020.
SBASC Phase 1 and Phase 2 opened and closed in 2021. The total figure spent of the SBASC scheme through the Local Authorities was €20.97million in 2021. There were 5,500 successful applications.
|
Scheme |
2021 |
2022 |
|
Restart Grant |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Restart Grant Plus |
€297,920 |
NA |
|
SBASC |
€20.97 |
N/A |
In addition to these schemes, the Local Authorities are also granting authorities for the Local Enterprise Office supports to small businesses, which are funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
