Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 February 2010
146 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to expand the employment subsidy scheme in view of the fact that the expansion of the scheme was announced in mid-December 2009 and the closing date was 23 December 2009 and many businesses were not in a position to apply during the lead up to Christmas 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8816/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI originally announced my intention to have a second broader call of the employment subsidy scheme on Tuesday, 10 November and this received considerable media coverage at the time. I formally launched the second call on 4 December and almost 2600 companies applied by the deadline. These applications are being processed by Enterprise Ireland. There are no plans to have a third call for applications under the employment subsidy scheme.
