Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a wage subsidy scheme claim for a person (details supplied); when payment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44599/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Wage Subsidy Scheme is an employment support to private sector employers. The objective of the scheme is to encourage employers to employ people with disabilities and thereby increase the numbers of people with disabilities obtaining and sustaining employment in the open labour market.

A Wage Subsidy Scheme application in respect of the person referred to in the Deputy’s question was approved by my Department on the 12th of June 2023. To date the employer has made no claim for payment in respect of this application.

Officials from my Department will contact both the employer and the person concerned to enquire as to the nature of any problem encountered and to offer any further advice or support that may be required.

I trust this clarifies the matter.