The Government’s hotel quarantine list is to be extended but it will not include additional countries from the EU or the United States.
Despite public health advice, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has insisted passengers from the US and EU countries should not be required to pay for hotel quarantining on arrival in Ireland.
It came after Health Minister Stephen Donnelly proposed adding 43 more countries to the quarantine list, including France, Germany and Italy. Mr Donnelly is still anxious to have these countries added to the list.
Acting chief medical officer Ronan Glynn also supported the addition of EU countries to the list over increasing fears about new variants and high-levels of Covid-19 transmission in these states.
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Health Minister Stephen Donnelly’s plan to increase the number of countries on the State’s hotel quarantine list is in jeopardy due to serious legal concerns. Attorney General Paul Gallagher has written to Mr Donnelly warning it may be illegal to charge EU citizens to stay in mandatory quarantine hotels. Earlier we spoke to Stuart Gilhooly Solicitor and Former President of the Law Society of Ireland who outlined the legal concerns and also we spoke to the Director of lobbying and influence with the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, Fergal O’Brien.
Mandatory quarantine list to be extended – but EU countries and the US won t be included
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