Kildare County Council paid out over €25 million in restart grants in 2020
Helpline received almost 1,500 requests
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Kildare County Council has paid out over 3,000 restart grants to the value of €25m and over 4,000 rate payers have received a nine month COVID waiver on their rates for 2020 with a value of €22m, the council has said.
It also said that a helpline it helped set up has received 1,491 requests and provided over 1,100 collection/delivery/transport services.
At the end of March it established a Community Call Forum with stakeholders from across the public, community and voluntary sectors and the charity ALONE.