Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
1816. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the procedures that will be put in place for persons who travel to Ireland and who have clear evidence that they have received a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if there has been any communication with the European Medicines Agency regarding the approval of this vaccine. [35557/21]
View answerUnder current travel regulations 'Vaccinated Person' means a person vaccinated with an EMA approved vaccine, with recommended number of days after the final dose. The following table sets out timelines for the four different vaccinations being used.
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2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®) |
Plus 7 days |
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2 doses of Moderna Vaccine: CX-024414 (Moderna®) |
Plus 14 days |
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2 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine: ChAdOx1-SARS-COV-2 (Vaxzevria® or Covishield) |
Plus 15 days |
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1 dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Vaccine: Ad26.COV2-S [recombinant] (Janssen®) |
Plus 14 days |
Travellers into Ireland can provide proof of vaccination with EMA approved vaccines, proof of recovery, or a valid negative PCR-RT test result under the current travel measures.
There is comprehensive information on international travel on gov.ie/travel and www.dfa/travel
