It’s… 🥁 Speculation Day!
Ahead of tomorrow’s formal announcements on April 5 restrictions, today NPHET and the Cabinet sub-committee meet to discuss what might be feasible.
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Ahead of tomorrow’s formal announcements on April 5 restrictions, today NPHET and the Cabinet sub-committee meet to discuss what might be feasible.
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🏋️ The 5km Exercise Limit
The easiest one to lift: outdoor activity generally carries much less risk, and if a family is doing so alone then the risk of transmission is virtually zero.
Some want it 10k to keep some structure, others want county-wide - some even think, scrap it.
The easiest one to lift: outdoor activity generally carries much less risk, and if a family is doing so alone then the risk of transmission is virtually zero.
Some want it 10k to keep some structure, others want county-wide - some even think, scrap it.
👷 Construction
Currently only ‘essential’ and local authority building is allowed - whether to allow more? The lobby is vocal and the housing shortage is acute but the sector is so large that mass-mobilisation of hundreds of thousands may bring workers too close together.
Currently only ‘essential’ and local authority building is allowed - whether to allow more? The lobby is vocal and the housing shortage is acute but the sector is so large that mass-mobilisation of hundreds of thousands may bring workers too close together.
⚽️ Outdoor gatherings/activity
It would be a surprise at this stage if children’s training did not return (pods of 15) - and possibly the likes of tennis and golf. Senior sport will likely have to wait. Will intercounty GAA return to ‘elite’ 59 allow for pre-league training?
It would be a surprise at this stage if children’s training did not return (pods of 15) - and possibly the likes of tennis and golf. Senior sport will likely have to wait. Will intercounty GAA return to ‘elite’ 59 allow for pre-league training?
⚽️ Outdoor gatherings/activity
One live question is whether to allow households meet up outdoors. Right now you’re allowed to meet with one other household during your 5km exercise - might that expand? Concerns it might lead to indoor household visits which are still verboten.
One live question is whether to allow households meet up outdoors. Right now you’re allowed to meet with one other household during your 5km exercise - might that expand? Concerns it might lead to indoor household visits which are still verboten.
There are a few other questions to grapple with too:
❓ When 1st-4th years are already due back at school on April 12, should all the other changes take effect on April 5 or be phased in?
❓ Can the Government announce today what might come next? In, say, 4 or 6 weeks?
❓ When 1st-4th years are already due back at school on April 12, should all the other changes take effect on April 5 or be phased in?
❓ Can the Government announce today what might come next? In, say, 4 or 6 weeks?
The latter is where the policy and the politics really lock horns. It simply may not be possible to make an offer tomorrow of what to expect in May - but if they don’t, then there’s still no finish line on the horizon for the stay-at-home era.
🕘 NPHET meets this morning to firm up its latest advice to Government, with the deputy CMO and Philip Nolan then set to attend the Cabinet sub-committee.
🤝 Cabinet will meet tomorrow to formally approve with a national TV address expected at teatime.
🤝 Cabinet will meet tomorrow to formally approve with a national TV address expected at teatime.
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