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Covid-19 Pandemic

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2021

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Questions (948)

Pa Daly

Question:

948. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the work that has been undertaken in relation to non-EMA approved vaccines and the impact receiving these vaccines may have on Irish citizens returning from abroad. [21503/21]

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Written answers

COVID-19 Vaccines are only used used after Market authorisation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is obtained and any authorised vaccine will be subject to ongoing monitoring in Ireland by the Health Product Regulatory Authority (HPRA).

The awarding of a CMA provides a high level of assurance that a vaccine has undergone rigorous testing and has met the requirements of the independent regulatory process as regards demonstrating its safety and efficacy.

People who are fully vaccinated are people who have been vaccinated with one of the EMA approved vaccines after the following time periods:

- 7 days after a second dose of  pFizer Biontech Comirnity, 

-14 days after a second dose of Moderna,

-15 days after second dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaxzevria

- or 14 days after single dose of Janssen.

Passengers who are fully vaccinated and have the documents to confirm this are no longer required to complete mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival in Ireland. Dependents, including children, will also be exempted from the requirement to complete mandatory hotel quarantine in this instance. Please note that the four EMA approved vaccines currently accepted have specific definitions for when a person would be considered fully vaccinated, this information can be found on gov.ie/quarantine.

Passengers who are fully vaccinated and exempt from hotel quarantine are still subject to other travel restrictions, such as the need to provide a negative pre-departure PCR test and complete a period of self-quarantine at home or wherever specified in their passenger locator form.

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