More than €6m in waivers and supports for Leitrim businesses as a result of Covid-19 Reporter: '); '); 2020 was a year dominated by not just Covid-19 but also by rates waivers and restart grants for businesses with more than €5.9m either paid directly to Leitrim businesses or in the form of waivers or other supports. When you add in the figures from the new rates waiver scheme for the first quarter of 2021, that figure increases to over €6m. Speaking at the May Council meeting yesterday, Tuesday, Head of Finance, Vincent Dwyer, noted that the virus brought great uncertainty for the business community and through them, the local authority from the early part of the year, right through to mid summer when the first rates waiver was announced.