On April 29th new public health measures were announced by the Irish Government dubbed “The Path Ahead”. These are a series of easements in the restrictions that we have experienced since late December 2020. Ireland is in the early stages of the Recovery phase of the pandemic and the vaccination programme is well advanced.
Due to advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), the Government is satisfied that a careful and phased re-opening can be rolled out in May and June, “with an emphasis on outdoor activity and a moderate increase in social contact, can be considered low to medium risk. NPHET has advised that there is scope to ease a range of public health measures in this manner with sufficient time between any easing of measures to assess the impact.”
One of the main points is that all construction can restart from May 4th and workers who work outdoors can return to work. I have summarised some of the other points below:-
