Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of businesses in each county that have successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy support scheme; the estimated value or worth of the support in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34276/23]

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 arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The scheme provides support to qualifying businesses in respect of energy costs relating to the period from 1 September 2022 to 31 July 2023. The TBESS is available to eligible 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. Sections 100 to 102 of the Finance Act 2022, as amended by Section 7 of Finance Act 2023, make provision for the TBESS.

Businesses that 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. The scheme will expire on 31 July 2023 and businesses will have until 30 September 2023 to register and submit claims in respect of all claim periods.

I am advised by Revenue of the following registrations and claims for the following counties, as of 6 July 2023:

As of 6 July, 29,720 businesses have registered for the scheme. 25,495 of these have commenced the claim process. 18,275 businesses have fully completed claims and 7,220 have claims in process. Until the claims process is fully complete, the claim cannot be processed by Revenue and for approved claims, a payment made. To date, the vast majority of completed claims have been approved by Revenue.

I am advised by Revenue that applications received from businesses are reviewed to determine eligibility and this accounts for the variance in the figures for ‘registration applications’ and ‘registrations approved’. In addition, Revenue is publishing detailed statistical reports in relation to the TBESS which are updated on a weekly basis. These reports are available on Revenue’s website.