Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 July 2021
531. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider harmonising and aligning the common travel area between the UK and Ireland once the number of vaccinated persons in the UK and Ireland get to an acceptable figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29868/21]
View answerThe Government has applied more stringent measures applying to international travel in order to mitigate against the risk of new variants being imported through travel and to protect the progress we are making in suppressing transmission domestically. The Government continues to advise against non-essential international travel.
At present, passengers arriving from the Great Britain are required to complete a passenger locator form, to provide a negative pre-departure PCR test and to complete a period of quarantine at the address specified in their passenger locator form.
Due to concerns around the Delta variant, passengers travelling from Great Britain, who are not fully vaccinated, are asked to continue to quarantine until another negative is returned from a PCR test taken after day 10.
These travel measures are kept under continuous review based on public health advice and the international epidemiological situation.
