Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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238. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers using the temporary wage subsidy scheme entering €0.01 on the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/20]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that over 63,000 employers have accessed the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) to date in respect of almost 627,000 employees. The numbers of employers availing of the scheme varies from week to week, depending on factors such as the pay frequencies that fall due, i.e. weekly, monthly, etc. For example, over 31,800 employers claimed the subsidy in respect of approximately 252,000 employees during the last week.

Where an employer chooses to make an additional payment (above the level of the TWSS subsidy) to an employee, the employer will return a gross pay amount of more than €0.01 on the payroll submission to Revenue. The €0.01 amount is only returned in situations where no additional payment is made.

Revenue has confirmed that in most weeks, approximately 90% of employee recipients, employed by some 80% of employers availing of the scheme, are in receipt of additional payments.