Talks Aimed At Re-Opening Of Indoor Dining Resume Today.

Thursday, 8 July 2021 09:29

Any agreement will be presented to Cabinet for approval next week.

Crunch talks aimed at facilitating the swift return of indoor dining will take place this afternoon.

Hospitality representatives will meet senior government officials to finalise a plan, following exploratory talks earlier this week.

Among the measures to be raised are covid passes, which would allow vaccinated or recovered people access indoor dining.

Any agreement reached at today's meeting will be presented to Cabinet for approval next week.

Hospitality talks resume with Government Official's tomorrow afternoon.

Restaurants Association of Ireland pressing for an agreement between Government and Industry that enables all hospitality businesses resume indoor trading from July 19th in line with international travel.
— Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺 (@adriancummins) July 7, 2021

Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association, Adrian Cummins, is hopeful a resolution can be found:

The Tanaiste has indicated indoor dining can only reopen if the hospitality sector is willing to check if customers have been fully vaccinated.

Leo Varadkar says the EU Digital Covid Cert can be used as proof of vaccination and they’re also looking at other options.

The Tanaiste says the Delta variant means theses vaccination checks may be the only way forward

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