An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2024-11-05
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David Stanton (FG), Cork East

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment administers some very good grants, of which the power up grant is one. I support Deputy Canney who spoke about anomalies in the system. There is one in particular where if the business is a tenant and pays the rates to the landlord to pass on to the local authority, nobody can qualify for the grant. In addition, if people had already registered under the increased cost-of-business grant and made a mistake, they cannot rectify that. The algorithms will not allow it to happen. The same thing applies with solar panels. If it is a tenant and landlord relationship, an application cannot be made. There are a number of anomalies. The Minister, Deputy Burke, is working hard to correct them, but it would be great if that could be done sooner rather than later. The deadline is very tight.

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