Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is up to businesses to review the roadmap carefully and carry out a detailed assessment of their activities with regard to the continuing public health measures. It is not necessary for businesses to seek official authorisation to open. Businesses should review the national return-to-work guidelines, which set out the steps businesses need to take.

We are only at the very early stages of returning to work and we must be cautious. We will keep the roadmap under review. Deputy Butler raised particular issues with me offline and I hope to be able to resolve some of these issues next week,

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