Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Business, Enterprise and Innovation Robert Troy TD has called on the Government to give greater clarity to couples who are planning their weddings.
Deputy Troy, who is recently engaged and currently planning his own wedding, said there needs to be greater guidance on what constitutes a large or small wedding and what social distancing restrictions will be required.
His calls come as the Government have directed that small weddings will be permitted in phase four and larger weddings in phase five of the plan to ease restrictions.
He explained, “Thousands of people have signed a petition pleading for greater clarity as to what constitutes a small or large wedding.
“Someone getting married in ten weeks needs to know if the wedding they had planned can go ahead as initially imagined or if they need to make important decisions on curtailing numbers attending.
“They also need to know what is meant by a period of time where social distancing can be maintained – does this mean the wedding can last for a couple of hours, an afternoon or longer?
“Wedding suppliers and venues all across Ireland are doing their best to meet the needs of their customers but they too are flying blind. They don’t know what the rules are, they don’t know how many guests they are allowed to cater too or how many they can have at a table or if their opening hours are the same as before.
“We know the roadmap is not set in stone and it will of course be set by the best public health advice. I think people are very understanding in this regard, but huge disruption is being caused to their lives and any kind of clarity at this point would be better than none,” he concluded.
