Calling retail and hospitality businesses – register now for the €4,000 Power Up grant / Gairm ar ghnólachtaí miondíola agus fáilteachais – cláraígí anois le haghaidh an deontais €4,000 Power Up

Power Up grant of €4,000 available to businesses in the hospitality and retail sectors/ Tá deontas Power Up €4,000 ar fáil do ghnólachtaí sna hearnálacha fáilteachais agus miondíola

Register on mycoco.ie/powerup by Friday, 8 November 2024. / Cláraígí ar mycoco.ie/powerup faoi Dé hAoine, an 8 Samhain 2024.

Local Authorities are now emailing businesses who may be eligible for the Power Up grant. The email includes details on how to register. Don’t delay with registering, the Power Up registration portal is open for a limited time in order to get payments to businesses before the end of the year.

Registering is similar to ICOB registration and is quick and easy.

Please go to mycoco.ie/powerup for further information.

If you have not received an email and think you may be eligible please contact your Local Authority.

What is the Power Up grant?

The government announced the Power Up grant as part of Budget 2025 for businesses in the retail and hospitality sector. The Power Up grant has a budget of €170 million and the grant for eligible businesses is €4,000.

 Who is eligible for Power Up?

There are two types of qualifying business:

• a business that received the second payment of ICOB and continues to meet the ICOB criteria
• businesses in the hospitality and retail sector that did not have a rates bill in 2023 may qualify if they meet the criteria. Those businesses should check with their local authority to check eligibility once the scheme goes live

Tá Údaráis Áitiúla ag seoladh ríomhphoist anois chuig gnólachtaí a d’fhéadfadh a bheith incháilithe don deontas Power Up. Tá sonraí sa ríomhphost maidir le conas clárú. Ná deanaigí moill ag clárú, níl an tairseach clárúcháin Power Up oscailte ach ar feadh tréimhse teoranta ionas gur féidir íocaíochtaí a chur ar fáil do ghnólachtaí roimh dheireadh na bliana.

Tá clárú cosúil leis an gclárú ICOB (costais mhéadaithe gnó) agus tá sé tapa agus éasca.

Téigí chuig mycoco.ie/powerup chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil.

Mura bhfuil ríomhphost faighte agaibh agus má cheapann sibh go bhfuil tú incháilithe, déanaigí teagmháil le d’Údarás Áitiúil, le do thoil.

Cad é an deontas Power Up?

D’fhógair an Rialtas an deontas Power Up mar chuid de Bhuiséad 2025 do ghnólachtaí san earnáil miondíola agus fáilteachais. Tá buiséad de €170 milliún ag an deontas Power Up agus beidh an deontas do ghnólachtaí incháilithe cothrom le €4,000.

 Cé atá incháilithe le haghaidh Power Up?

Tá dhá chineál gnólachta incháilithe:

• gnólacht a fuair an dara híocaíocht ICOB agus a leanann de bheith incháilithe le haghaidh ICOB
• féadfaidh gnólachtaí san earnáil fáilteachais agus miondíola nach raibh bille rátaí acu in 2023 cáiliú má shásaíonn siad na critéir. Ba cheart do na gnólachtaí sin seiceáil lena n-údarás áitiúil chun incháilitheacht a mheas a luaithe a chuirtear an scéim beo

If you have any queries please contact the Rates Office in Kildare County Council on 045 980 656 or email rates@kildarecoco.ie

Commercial Rates are a local property tax on commercial or industrial properties.  The income generated is used to fund the provision of services throughout Kildare such as:

Your Revenue Collector’s contact details can be found below.  Alternatively, the Rates Admin Unit can be contacted by email on rates@kildarecoco.ie or by phone on 045 980656.