The Tánaiste said Government Chief Whip Jack Chambers, who also has responsibility for sport, is working on the issue. Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced this week that Level 5 restrictions will be extended until April 5 at which there may be an easing of rules around outdoor activities and sport.
Currently only elite sports are permitted under Level 5 which includes rugby, soccer and horse racing.
The new Covid-19 plan ‘The Path Ahead’ says depending on transmission of the virus the Government will considered a “staggered start of easing of other areas of activity with a focus on outdoor activities including sport and some areas of construction” after April 5.
Two sittings of Dáil planned for next week
Updated / Thursday, 7 Jan 2021
12:47
The Dáil will return for two reduced sittings next week.
TDs will gather in the Convention Centre on Wednesday and Thursday for a maximum of six hours but attendance will be limited to 45 TDs each day.
The schedule was agreed at a cross-party meeting of the Dáil Business Committee this morning.
Originally, the Ceann Comhairle and the Dáil clerk suggested that TDs gather only once per week for the rest of the month in order to tackle the pandemic.
Opposition parties were vehemently against the measures, with Sinn Féin s Pearse Doherty saying any suggestion that parliament would sit for a half day per week during a national emergency was not on .