Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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246. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date, by county; the number of applications that have been successful, by county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14906/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS) was introduced to support qualifying businesses with increases in their electricity or natural gas costs over the winter months.

Details of the scheme are set out in Finance Act 2022. The scheme provides support to qualifying businesses in respect of energy costs relating to the period from 1 September 2022 to 30 April 2023. However, subject to State aid approval, this period is to be extended to cover energy costs up to 31 May 2023. It is available to tax compliant businesses carrying on a trade or profession the profits of which are chargeable to tax under Case I or Case II of Schedule D where they meet the eligibility criteria

Businesses which are eligible for TBESS can register for the scheme via Revenue’s online service and comprehensive guidelines on the operation of the scheme are available on the Revenue website.

I am advised by Revenue of the following registrations and claims on a county by county basis as of 15 March, which is the date for which the most recent figures are available:

Further information on registrations and claims is available in the report published by Revenue (generally on a weekly basis) on its website at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/number-of-taxpayers-and-returns/cost-living.aspx.