The Minister for Health has said the Government plans to press ahead with the next phase of easing Covid-19 restrictions and he said he envisages all sectors will have reopened by Christmas.
The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet tomorrow to consider what advice it will give to the Government ahead of the publication of a roadmap next week on the next phase of reopening.
Stephen Donnelly said while the plan is to proceed with the next phase, "what kind of timing impacts there might be depends on the NPHET advice and let's see what they have to say." Asked if all sectors will be reopened by Christmas, he said "obviously specific dates are something that we would be looking to NPHET for and we'll be discussing that at Cabinet,