Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

These guidelines have come from NPHET and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. Music, particularly singing, unfortunately, can, as a result of droplets and so on, act as a vector in the spread of the virus. It is a cautious guidance that was issued in respect of weddings. As with many other areas, our view all along in terms of the onset of the virus has been to adhere as close as we possibly can, within reason, to the guidance from public health authorities. That is the situation here.

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