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Covid-19: Less than 25% of ineligible Stormont grants returned
By Jayne McCormack
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Less than a quarter of payments issued incorrectly through Stormont s emergency Covid-19 support scheme have been returned so far, BBC News NI has learned.
The £10,000 payment was sent automatically to any business in receipt of small business rates relief but some were found to be ineligible.
By 6 January, 124 of 538 payments (23%) made in error had been reclaimed.
The Department for the Economy has said a review of the scheme is under way.
It previously estimated that 452 payments had been identified as ineligible under the scheme, totalling about £4m it planned to recoup.
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