Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 29 January 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Ministers of State, Deputies English and Troy, and I are developing a proposal for a scheme similar to the Covid restrictions support scheme, with a monthly payment that would go to businesses that are in the predicament that the Deputy refers to, with a premises and fixed costs that have to be met, but do not currently qualify for the Covid restrictions support scheme because they do not have a public-facing business that has been closed by order. We are aware that it is a problem and we hope to bring the scheme to Government next month. It has always been complicated. We spend much time trying to solve every problem and have come to the conclusion that we cannot solve every problem, but if we can help many businesses with the new scheme, it is better than helping no business. We will have that next month.

There was another part of the Deputy's question which escapes me.

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