Retailers struggle with energy support scheme while bills continue to add pressure, say lobbyists

Around 16,184 individual claims have been approved to receive financial support from the business energy scheme,

Wholesale and retail trade are the sectors of the economy that have received the most approved claims for this support.

Retail Ireland called on the government to extend the business energy support scheme past its deadline at the end of February, as firms struggle to complete the process to get financial aid.

Retail Ireland’s director Arnold Dillon said that the €1.3bn Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme, or Tbess, needs to be made clearer for applicants and extended until the end of 2023 as it sees no end in sight for soaring energy bills.