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Coronavirus: Foyle MLA 'raises concerns' over business support scheme
Coronavirus: Foyle MLA 'raises concerns' over business support scheme
The Department of Finance has been asked why more than half of business support applications from the Derry City and Strabane District
Council area were rejected.
The department received 1,502 applications to the Localised Restrictions Support Scheme [LRSS] from the council area since 15 December.
Of these, 783 were rejected.
Across Northern Ireland about 25% of applications were rejected due to being ineligible, the department said.
A spokesman said on an NI-wide basis one of the most common reasons for an application to be rejected was because
"duplicate applications have been made" and in many cases because "incorrect information has been supplied."
The scheme was open to businesses forced to close or severely limit operations.
SDLP MLA for Foyle Sinead McLaughlin wrote to Finance Minister Conor Murphy to ask why so many businesses in Derry City and
Strabane had their applications rejected.
She said: "I've written to the finance minister raising concerns about whether LRSS is being administered fairly.
"I have sought assurance that appeals systems will be speedy and take into account a recognition that rules related to
the restrictions can be difficult for businesses to interpret".
Mr Murphy revealed the figures in an answer to an assembly question from Mrs McLaughlin on Wednesday.
He said as of 15 December, 648 businesses in Derry City and Strabane District had received payments, 783 applications were
rejected and 71 applications were still to be processed by the department.
Read news with details here. : SLOT
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