John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 12 February 2025, the progress made relative to establishing an appeal process for increased-cost-of-business and Power Up grants; if he has determined through the local authorities the number of applicants that failed to qualify for the grants due to the online application’s being inadequate in terms of providing the applicant with the means to describe the business accurately; if he will expedite consideration of the matter as the applicants affected continue to be in need of financial assistance, and feel aggrieved that failing, through no fault of their own, had the consequential effect of being excluded from subsequent grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18274/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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My Department is reviewing issues in relation to businesses that may have been ineligible for the grant due to incorrect classification of their business type while registering for the Increased Cost of Business scheme (ICOB) and my Department has engaged with local authorities in relation to the extent of the issue.

This review is ongoing and my Department is continuing to consult with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and the local authorities.