Subsidy provides business certainty, says Paschal Donohoe

Finance minister Paschal Donohoe said the subsidies were being extended to March 31, which was longer than had been anticipated.(Niall Carson/PA)

The employment support scheme helping businesses through the downturn will provide certainty, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said.

The new Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) begins at the start of next month.