A Super Junior Minister says the latest Covid-19 data will be used to decide if attendances at weddings can be increased to 100 from next month.
There was an indication from the Taoiseach earlier in the summer that from August 6th there may be a possibility of the capacity increasing - however Tánaiste Leo Varadkar recently said it is unlikely to happen.
Ministers will discuss the proposal at Cabinet later this morning.
Minister Hildegarde Naughten, who sits at Cabinet says the decision will be based on the latest health advice.
"All of us want to try and facilitate weddings like this, and what we need to do is to base our decisions on the most recent data from public health.
"If it's possible to do it within that context of course we would all like to be in a position to be able to make a decision on that basis."
