{"id":1641,"date":"2021-07-13T14:34:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/governments-reopening-plan-confused-and-incoherent\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:34:53","slug":"governments-reopening-plan-confused-and-incoherent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/governments-reopening-plan-confused-and-incoherent\/","title":{"rendered":"Government&#8217;s Reopening Plan Confused and Incoherent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Even government ministers are confused \u2013 and it is their plan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The government is rushing through legislation to reopen hospitality in a complete information vacuum, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Health Committee had a briefing this morning and members were more confused afterwards than they had been before. This is no reflection on the officials who provided that briefing, they simply didn\u2019t have the information to answer our questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven government ministers are confused \u2013 and it is their plan. There have now been conflicting reports from government on whether GPs can issue \u2018recovery\u2019 certs, the establishment of the helpline and the length of time, after someone recovers from covid, they will be deemed immune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislation that was published today is a skeletal plan and the Minister for Health intends to put flesh on its bones using regulations. Consequently, none of the technical detail, which will govern how the plan operates, is contained in the Bill. All of that will be worked out at some later date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoupled with the dearth of information on the plan, is the complete absence of information about enforcement. Bluntly, there is no clarity on how these measures will be enforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been told that Environmental Health Officers and Health and Safety Inspectors will be tasked with inspecting premises for compliance. There are approximately 420 of these workers in the country. Are we to understand they will be dropping their existing work to undertake compliance inspections of the hospitality sector from next week? Have they been told?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nor has there been any clarity on the role of the Garda\u00ed in respect of enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisappointingly, there is no reference to ventilation anywhere in the government\u2019s published legislation. How can it be, more than 18 months into this airborne pandemic, there are no clear guidelines on ventilation or the maximum number of people that should be in premises? This glaring omission can only be described as negligent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is vitally important that indoor hospitality is safe when it reopens \u2013 and that premises can stay open when they reopen. There is nothing in the government\u2019s confused and incoherent plan that provides assurances in that regard.<\/p>\n<p>13 July, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even government ministers are confused \u2013 and it is their plan The government is rushing through legislation to reopen hospitality in a complete information vacuum, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cThe Health Committee had a briefing this morning and members were more confused afterwards than they had been before. 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