COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTON/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
QUESTION NO. 7
QUESTION: Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh
To ask the Chief executive for a report on the number of Covid related funding assistance grants that have been applied for by small businesses across Palmerstown, Lucan and North Clondalkin, how many have been successfully awarded, the total amounts and how these compare across the county.
REPLY:
LEO South Dublin and South Dublin County Council completed a programme of specific COVID supports to the end of December which were targeted to the business owners of Micro and Small enterprises who have been impacted by COVID 19 right across county.
The various COVID 19 supports attracted an exceptionally high volume of applications from right across the county South Dublin and totalled €33.5m to end of December 2020. Whilst we do not have specific breakdown of these supports over specific towns / local electoral areas we can provide the details over the key schemes for South Dublin as follows:-
Re-start Grant/ Restart Plus Grants
Applications received: 4,851
Applications Approved: 3,698
Value Restart Grants paid : €31m
Business Continuity Support Vouchers
Applications Received : 638
Applications Approved : 552
Value of Vouchers Approved €580K
Trading Online Vouchers
Applications submitted: 1307
Applications Approved: 672
Value of Approved Vouchers €1.69m
LEO Stimulus Grant
Applications from *qualifying Clients: 53
Applications Approved 42
Value Applications Approved: €218K
Micro Enterprise Assistance Support
Applications Received: 18
Applications Approved : 4
Value of Approved Grants €4K
Free Mentoring supports have been available to all Micro and Small Business owners and Training workshops and seminars have been available free of charge or at substantially reduced rates throughout the period and continue into 2021.
Addition supports have been offered to businesses applying for Microfinance Loan facilities, Brexit and general Business Supports.
LEO started and directly supported a Shop Local campaign with The Echo Newspaper which ran from late October to 17th December 2020 both in the traditional hardcopy and on-line editions of the newspaper. Each week the paper featured local businesses (retail and on-line) across towns and villages to promote Shop Local and extend an invitation to all business to sign up for free listing on our South Dublin ‘Local Directory’. In excess of 300 businesses signed up over the duration of the campaign and are currently listed on an on-line directory within The Echo. The campaign was also promoted on Social Media See details at https://www.echo.ie/advertising/shop-local-directory-form