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Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD and Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Richard Bruton TD today announced a major expansion of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme to help small and micro enterprises to get online quickly.

Accelerated Roadmap allows for more rapid reopening of society and business

Friday 5 June 2020.

Payment extended to 10th August 2020

The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was introduced on 26th March to support the viability of firms and preserve the relationship between the employer and employee.

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, today (Thursday) joined world leaders at the virtual Global Vaccine Summit (Wednesday), hosted by the UK Government, where he pledged increased Irish support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance...

An Exchequer deficit of €6,143 million was recorded to end-May 2020. This compares to a deficit of €63 million in the same period last year...

The Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, has today (Thursday) confirmed that a change to the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) will be made to accommodate the salaries of those who have returned to work after a period of maternity or adoptive leave and who may not have been on the payroll of their employer on the 29th February, or been paid in either January or February 2020; requirements for qualification for the scheme...

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, today announced a number of developments to assist childcare providers and parents plan for the reopening of services on June 29.

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar joined world leaders, including Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, to discuss financial steps to support developing countries through the Covid-19 crisis and into recovery, ensuring the pandemic does not de-rail efforts to secure the world’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.