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Covid-19 Pandemic

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2020

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Questions (299)

Christopher O'Sullivan

Question:

299. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if choirs can resume indoor rehearsals with appropriate and robust social distancing in place. [25075/20]

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Written answers

Guidance for organised indoor events/gatherings in controlled environments is set out in the Resilience and Recovery Plan for Living with COVID-19 which is a cross-government approach to managing the pandemic for the coming months. Information on this Plan can be accessed at this link https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/resilience-recovery-2020-2021-plan-for-living-with-covid-19/

The Government has decided that the entire county of Dublin will be placed on Level 3 of the Framework for Restrictive Measures from midnight last Friday. Dublin will remain at Level 3 for a period of 3 weeks, until Friday 9 October, at which point the situation will be reviewed by the Government. Further information can be viewed at the following link https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/cf1f3-special-measures-in-place-for-dublin/

This guidance states that no organised indoor gatherings should take place in Dublin.

The rest of Ireland is currently at Level 2. The guidance states that at Level 2 organised indoor gatherings in controlled environments with a named event organiser, owner or manager - for example: business, training events, conferences, events in theatres and cinemas or other arts events (excluding sport) - can have up to 50 patrons in pods or groups of up to 6 if appropriate, with arrangements to ensure no intermingling of groups. Up to 100 patrons are permitted for larger venues where strict 2 metre seated social distancing and one-way controls for entry and exit can be implemented.

For very large purpose built event facilities (for example: stadia, auditoriums, conference or event centres) specific guidance will be developed with the relevant sectors to take account of size and different conditions for larger events.” (https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/18e18-level-2/#organised-indoor-gatherings)

Question No. 300 answered with Question No. 294.
Questions Nos. 301 and 302 answered with Question No. 296.
Question No. 303 answered with Question No. 294.
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