Danny McCoy, the chief executive of Ibec, has said the lifting of most Covid restrictions is a "positive development" and that a gradual return to the workplace can be done "that little bit faster".
Speaking on Morning Ireland, Danny McCoy said employers and employees would have to decide how best to proceed on returning to the office environment.
He said everyone has worked hard during the last two years to contain this problem and in the vast majority of cases, businesses have found new ways of servicing markets.
However, he said clearly, it is people in sectors like hospitality and travel that have been most impacted, adding that hopefully they will get to see full capacity of all those venues.