Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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206. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount in Euro given to support businesses under the Covid restrictions support scheme by county, in tabular form. [8040/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), which was introduced by Section 11 of the Finance Act 2020, was a targeted support for businesses significantly impacted by restrictions introduced by the Government to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The scheme was available to companies, self-employed individuals and partnerships who carried on a trade or trading activities from a business premises that was subject to restrictions that prohibited or considerably restricted customer access. The scheme was designed to help traders meet their costs at a time when they could not provide goods or services to their customers from their business premises, or could only do so to a limited extent, due to COVID-19 related restrictions.

The total cost of the CRSS was €727m. The scheme ended in early 2022.

The amount paid out by county is as follows:

*subject to rounding.

Revenue published a list of the businesses that received payments under the CRSS in May 2022, available at the link provided below:

www.revenue.ie/en/self-assessment-and-self-employment/crss/list-of-businesses-received-payments-under-crss.aspx