Hauliers can still apply for emergency support and receive a payment of €800, according to Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton.

The application deadline for the Licensed Haulage Emergency Support Scheme has been extended until Monday, June 6, 2022.

The scheme provides a payment of €100 per week for a period of eight weeks to every eligible heavy goods vehicle (over 3.5 tonnes), as listed on a road haulage operator’s licence as of March 11, 2022.

One payment is being made to each eligible operator covering the eight-weeks support, for which applicants must meet all the following criteria:

Minister of State with special responsibility for haulage and logistics, Hildegarde Naughton said that some 900 licensed hauliers have not yet applied for support. She added:

To date, payments of over €13 million have been issued to more than 2,800 operators under the scheme, according to Minister Ryan.

The scheme was announced in March this year to provide financial support to the licensed haulage sector, in response to high fuel costs associated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Officials in the Department of Transport will now write to each operator at their registered address in order to offer them a final opportunity to make an application, Minister of State Naughton said.