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Industry Briefing To-Day

Representatives of the hospitality sector will meet senior Government officials this afternoon regarding the planned resumption of indoor hospitality, following a Cabinet decision outdoorcafe0620 last night.

Opposition politicians are also due to be briefed this morning about the policy.

It will allow adults who are either fully vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19 within the past six months, to go inside a restaurant or a bar with their children.

The meetings will involve officials, not ministers.

The necessary legislation could be introduced into the Oireachtas as early as today.

However, that is not certain, which partly explains why the Government can only say that indoor hospitality will resume no later than Monday 26 July rather than give a specific date.

Fenn welcomes child exemption

Following Government measures announced yesterday, the Irish Hotels Federation looks forward to the resumption of indoor hospitality later this month. Tim Fenn, Chief timfenn Executive, also welcomed the news that children will be exempt from the requirement to be vaccinated. “Yesterday’s announcement was an important milestone in the reopening of society and the economy and in the recovery of Ireland’s tourism and hospitality industry,” he said.

“Public health remains the number one priority of hotels and guesthouses across the country and our members are firmly committed to the implementation of safety guidelines and protocols, which cover every aspect of our operations and facilities. Since the outset of the pandemic, the implementation of Government safety measures has proved highly effective, helped by the strong support of our teams and co-operation of guests. Hotels have existing processes in place around the safety of indoor hospitality and now look forward to extending a warm welcome to non-residents in line with revised restrictions,” Mr Fenn added.

Cummins hails 'Giant Leap Forward'

Industry groups representing restaurants and pubs have welcomed the Government’s plan to allow indoor dining to resume in the coming weeks as a “giant leap forward” for the cummins2021 hospitality sector.

Adrian Cummins, chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, described the plan to resume indoor dining as “another milestone” in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mr Cummins said the move was a “giant leap forward” towards the reopening of the hospitality business in a safe, viable and sustainable way.

“While we don’t live in a perfect pre-Covid world, the announcement will give confidence to a sector [that] we are moving forward in a direction that will give the opportunity to 20,000 hospitality businesses to reopen doors,” he said.

The decision would mean the sector was closer to seeing the return of 180,000 people to work, he said.

“It is vital we protect our staff and customers by following public health advice and abide by the guidelines,” he said.

Ryanair to hire 2,000 pilots

Ryanair is to recruit 2,000 new pilots to crew its new planes over the next three years as the airline recovers and rebuilds from the Covid-19 pandemic. pilots

Ryanair said it has now taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-8200 aircraft, which will help it to lower costs, cut fuel consumption and lower noise and CO2 emissions.

The airline has said it confident it will have 60 new planes in place for the summer of 2022.

Ryanair said today that most captain vacancies created by the aircraft deliveries will be filled by internal promotions which creates opportunities for replacement First Officers.

The airline has partnered with Airline Flight Academy in Dublin to deliver Boeing 737 Training Courses as part of this recruitment drive.

Indoor Dining Sign-Off To-Day

The Government will meet today to agree on plans for the reopening of indoor services in restaurants on pubs. restaurant0720

A Cabinet meeting has been scheduled to consider legislation to bring in a system of verifying that customers have been fully vaccinated.

It is understood that a plan to allow children to accompany vaccinated parents into restaurants and pubs as part of a “family bubble” are included in the proposals.

Vaccinated tourists will be allowed to eat and drink indoors under the plans .

The plans will see the EU Digital Covid Cert (DCC) be used as a ‘vaccine pass’ to allow those who are vaccinated or who have recovered from Covid-19 to dine indoors.

While a date has not been set for when pubs and restaurants will reopen, this will likely be decided at the Cabinet meeting.