Revenue won’t name firms availing of €1.3bn wage scheme until it ends

The names of the companies availing of the Government’s wage-subsidy scheme which has so far paid out over €1.37bn to support the wages of over half a million workers during the Covid-19 crisis may not be known until next year as the Revenue says it will not publish details until after the scheme ends.

The Temporary Wage Support Scheme started in late March and may soon become the larger of the two main Government supports during the crisis as more people return to work and come off the €350-a-week Pandemic Unemployment Payment.