TDs, Ministers required to wear face masks in the Dáil

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar wearing a face covering. All TDs and Ministers will be required to wear masks in the Dáil from next week. File Picture. 

TDs and ministers will have to wear face masks in the Dáil and Leinster House from next week, only removing them to eat or speak.

The requirement will be extended to all advisers, staff and journalists in the house after the Dáil's business committee agree new rules, which will also see a ban on symbols or logos on masks for politicians engaged in formal business.