Licensed Haulage Support Scheme 2023
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From: Department of Transport
- Published on: 31 May 2023
- Last updated on: 1 June 2023
The Licensed Haulage Support Scheme 2023 is closed.
On 14 February 2023 the government approved a Scheme with funding of €18 million to assist licensed haulage businesses with cost pressures. The Scheme is being administered by the Department of Transport.
Details of how to apply have been communicated to licenced road haulage operators. The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 11.59pm on 31 May 2023.
To be eligible for the Scheme, an applicant must meet each of the following criteria:
*business type: An applicant must have held, on 15 December 2022, a valid road haulage operator licence issued by the Road Transport Operator Licensing Unit of the Department of Transport in accordance with Section 2 of the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006
*current operations:The applicant must be operating as a going concern with a valid road haulage operator licence at the time of application
*insolvency: At the time of application, the business must not have commenced (or is not expected to commence) any steps to insolvency/liquidation proceedings
*tax status: The applicant must be established and registered for tax in the State with tax clearance status at the time of application. The applicant will be required to supply their tax reference number as part of the application process. Tax clearance status will be checked with the Revenue Commissioners as part of the administration of the Scheme. Where an applicant does not possess valid tax clearance status, they will not receive a payment under the Scheme
*vehicles in respect of which aid may be granted: A payment under the Scheme will only be made in respect of eligible heavy goods vehicles authorised on the road haulage licence of a qualifying applicant as of 15 December 2022
The total grant payment for each qualifying applicant will be calculated based on the below graduated payment table.
| Payment | Vehicles band |
| €1,200 per vehicle | up to and including 5 vehicles per operator |
| €700 per vehicle | for vehicles 6 to 20 per operator |
| €200 per vehicle | €200 per vehicle for vehicles 21+ |
Payments will be made by Electronic Funds Transfer.
The scheme will be operated in accordance with EU State Aid Rules – see below detailed Terms and Conditions of the Scheme.
In order to administer the Scheme, the Department of Transport requires applicants to provide certain personal data –see below Privacy Notice for more detail.