Security firm should repay €2.2m in Covid wage subsidies

Between July 2020 and August 2021, FSSA received some €2,244,179 in subsidies

In July 2022, Revenue raised 14 separate assessments which, taken together, meant the full subsidy had to be repaid. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A security services firm has failed in a High Court challenge over a decision that it should repay some €2.2m it received from Revenue under the Covid pandemic wages subsidy scheme.

Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy rejected an appeal brought by Fire Safety Security Advantage Ltd (FSSA), formerly Superior Group Ireland Ltd, over Revenue's decision that the full €2.2m should be repaid because the company had not abided by the terms of the scheme and had incorrectly been paid the subsidies.