Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria that has changed in relation to the enterprise support grant of up to €1,000 for the self-employed following Budget 2021. [32114/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Enterprise Support Grant assists eligible self-employed recipients who are exiting the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment scheme to re-start their business.  A once-off grant is payable up to a maximum of €1,000 covering costs associated with re-opening a business that was closed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Funding of €12 million had been made available for this grant in 2020.  As part of the Budget 2021 measures, an additional €12 million has been allocated to the grant so that it will be available to business owners who may not be in a position to re-start their business and transition from the Pandemic Unemployment Payment until 2021. 

To date, approximately 5,000 businesses have been awarded this grant.  Further information and the application process to access this grant is available on www.gov.ie.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.