Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-14
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John Lahart (FF), Dublin South-West

The question concerns the restart grant. It was launched with a fund of €250 million, as the Tánaiste will be aware, on 22 May. It was devised in recognition of the fact that some small and medium-sized companies and microbusinesses were particularly vulnerable to the economic effects of the pandemic. The programme for Government pledged a review of the grant, which I welcome because it shows a degree of responsiveness and flexibility towards it and how it should work going forward. Regarding that pledge in the programme, have any issues been identified by the Department as needing improvement and, if so, what might they be?

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Sitting date: 2020-07-14