Health minister urges hospitality sector to check for covid certs

The Health Minister says pubs and restaurants need to step up, and make sure they're asking for covid certs.

1 in 3 premises are NOT checking that people are vaccinated according to a Department of Health survey.

Use of the certs was supposed to be scrapped this Friday, but has now been extended until February.

Enforcement measures are being discussed at a meeting of the Government's Regulatory Forum this afternoon.

Minister Stephen Donnelly says hospitality businesses assured the public they would operate safely.