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

To clarify, the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme announced this morning is now open for applications. The temporary business energy support scheme requires legislation. The Finance Bill has to get through this House and the Seanad before that scheme can be up and running. It will be administered by the Revenue Commissioners.

Presuming we get the Finance Bill through the Houses, and I believe we will, we would expect it to be up and running by the end of November or early December. Any payments will be backdated to September. Businesses can be assured that they will receive money through the Revenue Commissioners before Christmas to help them with their energy bills, not just going forward but backdated to September.

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