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Updated: 13 Feb 2021, 21:48
LEGISLATION on hotel quarantine will be ready for Cabinet approval next week according to a Government Minister.
The move will see travellers entering Ireland from some countries facing mandatory 14-day quarantine in hotels surrounding airports.
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Minister Peter Burke says legislation on hotel quarantine will be ready for approval next week
20 countries are now included in the Government s coronavirus high-risk list. People arriving into Ireland from these countries will face mandatory self-quarantine for 14 days.
When the new legislation is in place arrivals who do not have a residence in Ireland will be required to quarantine in hotels.
According to Minister for Local Government and Planning Peter Burke, this legislation will be moved for Cabinet approval next week.
He has called on the government to make a decision today as restaurants need to know what to do with their supply. The government are due to make a decision on Tuesday in a cabinet meeting.
“It’s not at all the Christmas present we were looking for. We were devastated to hear the news that came in that restrictions would be imposed on our industry,” Mr McGowan said.
“We are very much a highly regulated, controlled environment. The facts are there that this is being contracted in houses throughout the country and as a highly regulated environment, we are able to control this a bit better.