Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2021
241. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if persons in mandatory hotel quarantine will be required to take daily exercise only on the campus of the hotel and not in the surrounding public area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16244/21]
View answerGuests who are undergoing mandatory quarantine at a designated facility will not be permitted to leave the facility and so can take exercise either in their room or in the designated outdoor area provided.This will be a safe, secure space within the precincts of the facility.
All facilities in the mandatory quarantine system have a designated outdoor area on site which guests will be allowed to use on a scheduled basis up to three times daily, subject to their having received a negative result in their initial RT-PCR test. Additional time will be available to families with children should they request it.
Guests using the outdoor area will do so under the supervision of security staff who will escort guests to and from the area to promote adherence to the infection prevention and control protocols which underpin the mandatory quarantine system.
For persons who are unable to leave their room due to quarantine protocol restrictions, or do not wish to make use of the outdoor area, the service provider has also developed and supplied guided exercise programmes which can be undertaken in a guest's room as well as a number of other health and wellbeing initiatives to support guests' physical and mental wellbeing.
