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

The State has supported outdoor hospitality through grants, restart grants and so forth. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage gave supports to local authorities for the pedestrianisation of streets, along with the provision of facilities in various streets across the country. Outdoor hospitality has reopened very well and it has gone down very well. That needs to be acknowledged. The Garda has displayed commendable discretion to date.

The Minister has indicated that she will bring forward a regulation to deal with this, which will happen as soon as it is ready.

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