Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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27. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason the restart plus grant is not being made available to persons on the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27490/20]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Restart Grant Plus scheme is grant is a contribution towards the cost of re-opening or keeping a business operational and re-connecting with employees and customers. The grant could be used to defray ongoing fixed costs, for example, utilities, insurance, refurbishment or for measures to ensure employee and customer safety.  

In order to be eligible for the scheme a business must:

- Be a commercial, trading, entity at the time of application

- Operate from a premises that is commercially rateable by a local authority

- Have 0 - 250 employees

- Have a turnover of less than €100k per employee to a maximum of €25m

- Have suffered a 25%+ loss in turnover between 1 April and 30 June 2020

- Commit to remain open or to reopen if closed; and

- Intend to retain employees that are on The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS), now replaced by the Current Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS)

In response to the Deputy's specific query, I would direct you towards the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for information on financial supports available to recipients of the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme.