Level 5 Ireland: Full list of essential retailers and services as lockdown begins again

• Published date: 30 December 2020
• Date: 30 December 2020
• Author: Laura Lyne
• Publication title: DublinLive (Ireland)

From close of business tomorrow, December 31, only essential retail will be permitted to operate.

And essential services will only be permitted to work on site or provide services outside the home.

Today, 1,718 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Ireland with 13 further deaths related to the coronavirus.

Here's everything you need to know about essential retail and services:

Essential retail outlets

This list applies for Level 5 only.

Retailers with mixed retail offering which have discrete spaces for essential and non-essential retail should make arrangements for the separation of relevant areas.

1. Outlets selling food or beverages on a takeaway basis, or newspapers, whether on a retail or wholesale basis and whether in a non-specialised or specialised outlet.

2. Markets that, wholly or principally, offer food for sale.

3. Outlets selling products necessary for the essential upkeep and functioning of places of residence and businesses, whether on a retail or wholesale basis.

4. Pharmacies, chemists and retailers or wholesalers providing pharmaceuticals or pharmaceutical or dispensing services, whether on a retail or wholesale basis.

5. Outlets selling health, medical or orthopaedic goods in a specialised outlet, whether on a retail or wholesale basis.

6. Fuel service stations and heating fuel providers.

7. Outlets selling essential items for the health and welfare of animals (including animal feed and veterinary medicinal products, pet food, animal bedding and animal supplies), whether on a retail or wholesale basis.

8. Laundries and drycleaners.

9. Banks, post offices and credit unions.

10. Outlets selling safety supplies (including work-wear apparel, footwear and personal protective equipment), whether on a retail or wholesale basis.

11. Hardware outlets, builders' merchants and outlets that provide, whether on a retail or wholesale basis:

* hardware products necessary for home and business maintenance or construction and development

* sanitation and farm equipment

or

* supplies and tools essential for farming or agriculture purposes

12. Outlets providing for the repair and maintenance of mechanically propelled vehicles or bicycles and any related facilities (including tyre sales and repairs).

13. The following outlets, insofar as they offer services on an emergency basis only:

* outlets providing hearing test services or selling hearing aids and appliances

* outlets selling office products and services for businesses or for relevant persons working from their respective places of residence, whether on a retail or wholesale basis

* outlets providing electrical, information and communications technology and telephone sales, repair and maintenance services for places of residence and businesses

14. Any other retail outlet that operates an online or other remote system of ordering goods for purposes of collection at the retail outlet.

15. Outlets selling food or beverages whether on a retail or wholesale basis and whether in a non-specialised or specialised outlet:

* insofar as they sell food or beverages on a takeaway basis or for consumption off the premises

* insofar as they are staff canteens operating for the exclusive use of persons working in, or at, a particular premises

or

* hotels or similar accommodation services referred to in subparagraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph 8 of Part 2, insofar as they sell food or beverages for consumption on the premises in accordance with subparagraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph 8 of that Part

16. Optician and optometrist outlets. Any retail parts of premises should not be open to general public for browsing.

Essential services

Physical attendance at workplaces is only permitted for those providing the following services where such services can only be provided in person and cannot be delivered remotely. It does not include administrative and other support for such businesses and services unless specified in section 13 and the physical presence of a worker is required.

Agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, animal welfare and related services

The following services relating to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, animal welfare and related services:

* farming

* farm labour

* farm relief services

* crop and animal production

* fishing for commercial purposes

* aquaculture and fish farming

* horticulture

* forestry

* veterinary, animal...