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The Green Party leader wants gyms, shops, golf courses and galleries to reopen and believes that young people should be allowed to return to the office to work.
Transportation Minister Eamon Ryan has said tertiary universities have the “ability” to restart lectures on campus starting next quarter.
The government is coming under increasing scrutiny to map out its plan to reopen the country, and Ryan has argued that a range of services and businesses that are “controlled environments” should be allowed to reopen.
“That includes the reopening of retail. I would also say that like a gallery, a gym, a golf course or a church, there are so many aspects of our daily lives that are really important to us for our mental health or well-being, that They’re safe “.
Mr. Ryan said that “we don’t want people to go up to the bar after the 19th hole, until the early hours,” but said controlled activities should be promoted and allowed to restart.
Referring to universities and colleges, which have mainly provided online tutorials, Ryan said: “I think, in particular, freshmen at our tertiary institutions in this last year are the ones who have really suffered the most in terms of not being able to do a Leaving Cert, all the uncertainty around that and his exam results and now no third-level experience. “
He said conferences should be back in operation, even on a reduced basis, in the new year.
Ryan argued that young people should be allowed into their workplace for training and meeting with colleagues.
“I think we need to start bringing younger people back to the workplace in a safe, gradual and controlled way, maybe one day a week,” he said.
It comes when the government will begin next week to analyze how restrictions will be eased before Christmas.
Ryan said: “We have a critical decision to make in government next week and we will make it next week by listening to our health advisers, but also taking other factors into account.”
He said the government needs to strike the “right balance” in the coming weeks and take into account other factors, including mental health.
Ryan said that “we are still doing well as a country” and that we have handled the pandemic well.
When asked about international travel, Ryan said: “I think we will have to use our judgment, we still have to wait and see what happens to the numbers in the next few weeks before Christmas.”
“There are no restrictions to travel, we are an island. We have cases where people have to travel for family, personal, business or other reasons. And yes, we will facilitate it, we will do the best we can,” he told the program breakfast from Newstalk.
However, he warned that “it will not be the normal Christmas” and that “the same numbers will not return” from abroad as it normally would.
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