No live music, a 105-minute limit and an 11.30pm curfew are some of the guidelines which have been issued to pubs and restaurants ahead of reopening.
Fáilte Ireland published guidelines ahead of the Government’s decision on Friday for when indoor dining and drinking can resume again - likely to be mid-July.
Under the measures it will be a maximum six people aged 13 or over per table - but this limit of six does not include accompanying children aged 12 or younger.
The total combined capacity at a table cannot exceed 15 overall (max. six persons aged 13 and over) for both indoor and outdoor dining.
If a premises chooses to have two metres social distance, they don’t have to have a 105-minute limit indoors.
But if they can only cater for one metre social distancing, the 105-minute time limit applies.
There will be no 105-minute time limit for outdoor dining which is to come back on June 7.
Live music will not be permitted for indoor or outdoor settings to manage “noise levels”.
All premises both indoor and outdoor have to have customers off site by 11.30pm.
It will be table service only for both indoor and outdoor dining and multiple tables cannot be booked by customers for indoor dining.
Adrian Cummins, CEO of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, welcomed the guidelines.
He said: “Our primary focus must now be the reopening of restaurants, Gastro Pubs and Cafes in line with hotels.
“The guidelines prove that there is now a difference between a hotel restaurant and a standalone restaurant.”
