Government will deliver an enterprise support to employers based on business eligibility delivering a per-head subsidy on a flat rate basis.

• The EWSS will replace the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) from the 1st of September. Both the TWSS and EWSS will run in parallel from July 31st until the TWSS concludes at the end of August to provide additional flexibility to employers with new hires and seasonal workers who were not previously eligible to be paid via TWSS and who may now qualify for EWSS.
• The EWSS will be an economy-wide support, open to all sectors. The primary criteria for qualification is that the employer must demonstrate that they are operating at no more than 70% turnover from the period July to December 2020 compared to the same period last year.
• The EWSS will run to the end of March 2021 at a gross cost of €2.35 billion.