Establishments Offering Indoor Dining Will Only Have To Take Contact Details Of 1 Member Of A Group.

Monday, 26 July 2021 10:28

It's estimated up to a quarter of hospitality businesses will remain shut today, due to staffing shortages.

Restaurants and pubs offering indoor dining will only have to record the contact tracing details of one person from a table, in a late change to guidelines.

Initially, every member of a booking were due to provide details, but that was changed just after midnight overnight.

Indoor dining resumes from today - with some businesses reopening for the first time in nearly 500 days.

Important overnight developments - requirement to take contact details from all customers now removed https://t.co/LTCB3cEcwe
— VFI (@VFIpubs) July 26, 2021

It's estimated up to a quarter of hospitality businesses will remain shut today, due to staffing shortages.

Padraig Cribben, CEO of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, joined Clem Ryan on Monday's edition of Kildare Today.

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