The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly will today consider a recommendation from the National Public Health Emergency Team that the requirement to wear masks in most areas, where currently regulated, should end.
If accepted by the Cabinet on Tuesday, it would mean that mandatory mask wearing will no longer apply in schools, on public transport, taxis, in retail premises and in public offices.
A detailed letter from the National Public Health Emergency Team was received from Government last night, which outlined both recommendations to eliminate mandatory mask wearing, as well as the logic behind the strategy.
Mr Donnelly will now draw on that NPHET letter to devise a memorandum which will be considered at a meeting of the coalition leaders on Monday night and the full Cabinet on Tuesday morning.