Under 90 Kildare Firms Approved For Funding Under Small Business Covid 19 Assistance Scheme.

Monday, 21 June 2021 14:00

That's according to the Dept. of Enterprise.

Just 89 Kildare firms have been approved for funding under Covid 19 support schemes targeted at small businesses.

That's according to data released by the Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Combined, the Kildare companies were allocated €356,000 each.

Nationally, 3,079 firms have been granted a total of €12.3 million.

Local Authority	Vol of Applicants	Value of Applications to date
Carlow	35	€ 140,000.00
Cavan	31	€ 124,000.00
Clare	76	€ 304,000.00
Cork City	163	€ 652,000.00
Cork County	192	€ 768,000.00
Donegal	87	€ 348,000.00
Dublin City	357	€ 1,428,000.00
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	104	€ 416,000.00
Fingal	167	€ 668,000.00
Galway City	57	€ 228,000.00
Galway County	90	€ 360,000.00
Kerry	107	€ 428,000.00
Kildare	89	€ 356,000.00
Kilkenny	56	€ 224,000.00
Laois	34	€ 136,000.00
Leitrim	14	€ 56,000.00
Limerick	137	€ 548,000.00
Longford	34	€ 136,000.00
Louth	93	€ 372,000.00
Mayo	131	€ 524,000.00
Meath	153	€ 612,000.00
Monaghan	68	€ 272,000.00
Offaly	87	€ 348,000.00
Roscommon	69	€ 276,000.00
Sligo	35	€ 140,000.00
South Dublin	153	€ 612,000.00
Tipperary	89	€ 356,000.00
Waterford	78	€ 312,000.00
Westmeath	60	€ 240,000.00
Wexford	118	€ 472,000.00
Wicklow	115	€ 460,000.00
GRAND TOTALS	3079	€ 12,316,000.00

As of June 11th 2021. Based on data from the LGMA. Not all applicants are approved.

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