Belfast in lockdown. Picture by Mal McCann. Rebecca Black, PA 10 March, 2021 13:52
A high street voucher scheme will be rolled out when the “time is right”, an official has said.
The High Street Stimulus package was announced by Economy Minister Diane Dodds in November but the planned distribution of pre-paid cards to the population in January was postponed.
That decision was forced by a massive spike of coronavirus cases at Christmas which sparked a fresh lockdown from the end of December.
The stimulus package is now part of the Department for the Economy’s Economic Recovery Action Plan.
Officials from the department appeared before the Stormont Economy Committee today to be questioned on the £290m plan, of which £140m is to be spent on the stimulus package.
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