The closure of businesses, because of Covid-19 , affected thousands of workers in Ireland. To help people who had lost income, the government introduced the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. It has become known as the PUP PUP was closed to new applicants in July 2021, but was reopened for a limited time to from Tuesday, 7 […]
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Back in July, as part of a Stimulus Plan , the government announced the “Stay and Spend” Incentive Scheme. The stay and spend incentive is an income tax credit that can be claimed on expenditure on accommodation, food and non-alcoholic drinks. It applies to spending between 1st October 2020 and 30th April 2021. Taxpayers can […]
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There are now several different Business Restart Grants available to help small businesses sole traders and B&Bs with the extra cost of restarting after the Covid lockdown. Enterprise Support Grant The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has announced than the Enterprise Support Grant will be available to assist with the expenses of re-opening […]
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The Dept. of Employment and Social Protection changed all weekly payments of social welfare payments to fortnightly in March 2020 . The main reason for the change to Fortnightly Welfare and Pension payments was to reduce visits to Post Offices and reduce infection risks. But the changes to fortnightly payments also affected payments made to […]
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A new Wage Subsidy scheme was announced in March which is aimed at allowing employers to pay their employees something during the current COVID pandemic. Some changes are being made to this scheme from May 1st – The changes will mean an 85% subsidy instead of 70% for lower paid workers and will also mean […]
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