'Government doesn't care if you went for the banoffee': Harris admits lack of clarity around new law

Simon Harris said that the new law was a temporary measure to enable the provisions that were already in place to be enforced

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has acknowledged that there was a lack of clarity in relation to the new law requiring restaurants and pubs serving food to record all individual orders and to keep the information for 28 days.

The Restaurants Association of Ireland is among representative bodies expressing concern at the new requirement, claiming it came out of the blue and has heaped an extra burden on its under-pressure members.