Two groups representing publicans in Ireland are calling for a compensation package for their members if they are not allowed to reopen on 10 August.
The Dublin-based Licensed Vintners' Association (LVA) and the rural-focused Vintners' Federation of Ireland (VFI) have said the sector is at "breaking point" after being closed for 140 days.
"Pubs across the country cannot continue to be left in limbo," said Donall O’Keeffe, LVA chief executive. "It is creating intolerable pressure for publicans, their staff and suppliers.
"With less than seven days to go until the pubs are due to reopen, we still don’t know what is happening. Pubs have yet to receive the guidelines that will inform their reopening preparations.
"The Government can't keep kicking the can down the road when it comes to tackling the future of the pub sector."
Mr O'Keeffe said pubs cannot "just keep going from three week period to three week period. Either they are going to let us trade or they won’t.
"If they won’t, they need to come up with a meaningful compensation package for the sector.
"No other industry is facing this level of insecurity and no other sector has been singled out in a way that the pubs of this country have been."
He added: "11 pubs have already closed for good in Dublin alone since this crisis began.
"The Government either needs to give the industry the opportunity to open our doors or they need to get specific about what they will do to protect the future of this sector and the approximately 50,000 jobs it provides."
The VFI said the ongoing treatment of its members, including postponing the reopening of pubs and delaying publication of guidelines, is placing huge strain on publicans, their families and local communities.
VFI chief executive Padraig Cribben said: "It is vital that our members open on 10 August. Any further delay would bring many publicans to breaking point. They simply can’t survive much longer."
VFI President, Padraic McGann said society will be living with the virus for some time to come so keeping pubs shut is not a viable solution.
"Our members are closed for 140 days and counting, it is simply unfair to deny publicans the opportunity to trade when every other sector in society is open.
"Either pubs are given the green light to open on Monday next or a realistic and meaningful compensation package must be put in place immediately. Otherwise many pubs will remain permanently closed."
Members of the National Public Health Emergency Team are expected to pass on their advice to the Government on the reopening of pubs on Tuesday.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said that the Cabinet will be guided by this advice when it comes to deciding whether pubs can open for business again.
He said pub owners were facing a "really difficult situation" and he had sympathy with them.
