The Health Minister has said he does not want to overly fine people for throwing house parties with more than six guests.
Stephen Donnelly plans to amend the law to allow for fines of €20 and €100 for those who break public health rules.
Mr Donnelly says the powers gardaí now have under existing laws should be enough to tackle house parties.
"We will be looking at bringing in a new schedule of fines including for other compliance measures," he said. "The flip side is that it does mean enforcement powers are less, there will not be penalties attached to house parties. However, the gardaí have done a very good job and most people can be encouraged to comply [with Covid-19 restrictions] and the gardaí do have other public order powers that can be used where appropriate."
