The Irish Hotels Federation has said there are "challenges" in the way the Government is communicating public health advice to businesses, amid the political fallout over the Oireachtas golf dinner that took place in Galway on Wednesday.
It pointed to the example of "central Government press conferences announcing changes to public health advice in the absence of updated operational guidelines for businesses" as one of these challenges.
There is a time-lag around the implementation of new measures, as agreed with the Department of Tourism, it said. This means that the status quo remains in place for a time until updated guidance is issued for businesses. "We would like to stress that we see first-hand the enormous and essential work done by