Certainty on financial supports and the reopening strategy for businesses over the coming months are required from today's Cabinet meeting on Covid-19 restrictions, Chambers Ireland has said.
The organisation, which represents 41 individual chambers of commerce around the country, said timelines for the reopening need to contain targets and be realistic. "First and foremost, the priority for our members is that the reopening be sustainable," said Ian Talbot, chief executive of the organisation. "We must not find ourselves in the same situation as last year where reopening too quickly was followed by a spike in infections and another lockdown. "This outcome would be unacceptable to our members." Mr Talbot said firms need sufficient notice to