Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 January 2021
87. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and the employment wage subsidy scheme respective compliance programmes; if the Revenue Commissioners will publish a list of employers who availed of the employment wage subsidy scheme at the end of January 2021 as anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3445/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised by Revenue that since June of last year, it has engaged in a programme of compliance checks on all employers who participated in the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS). The purpose of the compliance checks is to ensure that participating employers were properly eligible for the scheme and that the supports were paid over to qualifying employees.
To date, TWSS compliance checks have been completed in respect of more than 92% of participating employers, with the remainder in progress. The checks have confirmed high levels of compliance with the requirements of the scheme by most employers. However, a relatively small number of participating employers were identified as being ineligible for the scheme. To date, over €3m of subsidy payments has been recouped, with some cases still to be concluded.
Regarding the Employment Wage subsidy Scheme (EWSS), Revenue has advised me that it is currently carrying out real-time reviews of participating employers to ensure they are correctly eligible for the scheme. Where issues are identified, Revenue engages with the business to ensure they are quickly rectified.
Finally, Revenue has confirmed that it will publish the names and addresses of all employers who received EWSS payments during the period 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020 before the end of January 2021 in accordance with Section 28B of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020.
The list of all employers who availed of the TWSS has already been published in accordance with Section 28(8) of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid 19) Act 2020 and may be viewed at the following link:
https://www.revenue.ie/en/employing-people/twss/list-of-employers/index.aspx .
