Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 June 2021
299. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if the position of mandatory hotel quarantine for incoming visitors from the USA will be clarified as outlined on correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28236/21]
View answerAll adults who enter the State from abroad are subject to the Government's current travel restrictions upon arrival, unless exempted.
As of May 28th, persons arriving from the United States of America are no longer automatically subject to Mandatory Hotel Quarantine. However, they are still subject to other travel restrictions such as home quarantine, supplying passenger locator form information and ensuring they have evidence of a negative RT-PCR test which was taken in the 72 hours before arrival in the State.
Mandatory hotel quarantine is necessary in circumstances where passengers coming from non-designated countries do not provide evidence that they have a negative or ‘not detected’ result from a COVID-19 Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test carried out no more than 72 hours before arrival into Ireland.
