Mr. Declan Hughes:

The CRSS applies in cases where a businesses is taking 20% of its previous trade, but the threshold for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, is different. One point that I wish to make on the EWSS is that in budget 2021, the Government announced that the scheme will continue through next year. Initially, it was due to run until the end of March, but it will now run through 2021. It will be assessed on the basis of need, and important point is that it has also been increased up to €350 for anybody who is earning over €400 per week, in line with the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP.