The Taoiseach has said the Government may signal at the end of this month that some workers can return to their offices by the end of August.
Micheál Martin said many more people will be vaccinated by August and this will allow for a vaccine dividend. Speaking in Cork, the Taoiseach said many young people recruited last year still had not been able to work from their company offices.
He said there was an understanding in Government that these employees would like a blended experience of working some days in the office.
He said the Government would listen to public health advice and proceed step by step. "As you have seen all along the way we were able to do things in June that we didn't signal we would do a month earlier.