Updated / Friday, 18 Dec 2020
11:35
The month with highest uptake of employment-related support was April, the CSO said today
New Central Statistics Office figures show that almost six in ten enterprises in Ireland availed of the State s Covid-19 employment-related support schemes in the months from March to September.
Today s CSO figures show that 54.1% of enterprises put their employees on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) during this period - this figure also included self-employed people.
Meanwhile, 21.4% of enterprises also received a subsidy from Revenue s Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) or Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) at some point between March and September.
The month with highest uptake of employment-related support was April when 57% of enterprises had staff in receipt of TWSS or PUP.
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The future of St. Michael s Theatre in New Ross hangs in the balance as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the theatre s programme this year.
Theatre Director Tomas Kavanagh said: We closed on March 11 after one night of the New Ross Drama Festival and realistically it will be next March before we can re-open again.
In 2019 the theatre had a turnover of €550,000. So far this year it s income has been €86,000. Pobal has informed Mr Kavanagh that the theatre must come up with a plan to recoup the money lost this year.
Mr Kavanagh said: It s ludicrous. A lot of what has happened is not intentional. We have been in correspondence with the minister s office. The minister said there is €30m but the Arts Council are used to dealing with certain people. Their answer was that the money is going to people who always get the money. We are not eligible to apply for emergency funding. We can t apply for the business one because we are a registered charity. We can t get the Covid