Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
368. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance whether Citibank has received financial support directly from the State for example through the TBESS or CRSS scheme, over the past twenty years and to outline, in tabular form, any support given on an annual basis. [16373/23]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware neither Revenue nor I can comment directly or indirectly on the arrangements of individual persons/businesses. Neither am in a position to identify or enumerate all financial supports provided by various Departments outside of my remit under relevant schemes designed to support or assist businesses.
However, with regard to the specific schemes mentioned and related schemes such as the Business Resumption Support Scheme (BRSS), the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS), and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) I can confirm that notwithstanding any obligations imposed on the Revenue Commissioners under section 851A Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997, which deals with the confidentiality of taxpayer information or any other enactment in relation to the confidentiality of taxpayer information, Revenue is obliged to publish, on its website, certain details of person or businesses that have claimed payments under these schemes. This obligation does not extend to the amount of the payment received.
With regard to CRSS, BRSS, TWSS and EWSS relevant information which is required to be published by law can be found at the following links:
• Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS): www.revenue.ie/en/self-assessment-and-self-employment/crss/list-of-businesses-received-payments-under-crss.aspx
• Business Resumption Support Scheme (BRSS): www.revenue.ie/en/self-assessment-and-self-employment/brss/list-of-businesses-received-payments-under-brss.aspx
• Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS): www.revenue.ie/en/employing-people/twss/list-of-employers/index.aspx
• Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) on a quarterly basis: www.revenue.ie/en/employing-people/employment-wage-subsidy/ewss/list-of-employers-who-received-payments-under-the-ewss.aspx
• With regard to the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS), Finance Act 2022, Section 101(26), requires Revenue to publish certain details of recipients under the scheme. The information to be published includes the name and address of the qualifying business along with the total amount of the temporary business energy payment made to the business. This information will first be published one month after the day on which the scheme ends, in respect of temporary business energy payments made during the specified period. Revenue will also publish an update five months after the specified period ends.
