Time to restore full employment wage subsidy scheme

Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has engaged with the office of the Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath, and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, calling on them to immediately support and reinstate the full rate of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS).

Deputy Nolan was speaking as a growing sense of alarm is being felt by employers, particularly those in the hospitality sector, around Government plans to reduce the rates available to businesses:

“The Minister for Finance himself explicitly stated back in March that there would be no cliff-edge to the EWSS. Unfortunately for very many businesses this is exactly what is happening in real terms following the decision to apply a reduced rate of support to employers.

"Employers in Laois-Offaly must not be thrown to the wolves because of a decision by NPHET to once again, effectively shutter almost an entire sector during the most important financial part of the year."