Galway Bay fm newsroom - A Galway TD is urging the Government to immediately expand the Covid Restriction Support Scheme.
The CRSS was established to support businesses significantly affected by restrictions introduced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
To quality, businesses are required to have been forced to stop or limit customers from accessing their premises.
During a debate on the scheme in the Dáil, Deputy Mairead Farrell pointed out that there's been a very significant underspend in the scheme.
Sinn Fein Deputy Farrell argued this clearly shows that the criteria for eligibility should be widened.
She also raised the plight of a struggling business in Connemara, which cannot access the fund because it is based on a boat.
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