Dáil hears firm got €1.8m in Covid wage supports and paid out same amount in dividends

Leo Varadkar says any companies that received Covid wage supports but paid dividends should repay the money

Leo Varadkar said: “We needed to get money out to workers and money out to businesses quickly, and we always knew that some people wouldn't necessarily need the money.”

Companies which received wage subsidy supports but then paid large dividends to shareholders should pay the money back to the State, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said.

Speaking during Leaders’ Questions, Labour’s finance spokesman Ged Nash highlighted reports of one company which received €1.8m in supports and paid dividends of approximately the same amount.