Multiple booking of tables in bars and restaurants is expected to get the green light in updated guidelines to be published tomorrow. It is also likely that table service will continue but socially distanced queues will be allowed at bar counters
Micheál Martin said living with Covid-19 in the short to medium term will involve a significant booster campaign.
However, people will not be able to congregate there and the move is aimed at addressing staffing shortages. Government officials from three departments held separate meetings with different representatives from the hospitality sector this afternoon. Separately, new enforcement measures were due to be considered at a meeting of the Government's Regulatory Forum today.
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The Restaurants Association of Ireland said it is "the eleventh hour" and there are no full guidelines yet. "The fact that the Covid certs are here to stay - which I actually welcome - I think it is an additional labour cost, but what it does is mitigate risk and I think that's ultimately what this is all about."
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