Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
3097. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an Irish citizen who travelled to the US before the digital certificate was issued for an emergency is required to have a negative PCR test 72 hours before arrival back in Ireland. [40285/21]
View answerS.I. 135 of 2021 provides for the testing and quarantine travel measures for arrivals to Ireland from overseas based on their country of departure and whether they hold accepted evidence of vaccination, recovery or a negative RT-PCR test result.
A traveller arriving to Ireland from the US who does not hold accepted evidence of vaccination or recovery, as laid out in S.I. 135 / 2021, is asked to show evidence of a negative / non-detected RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival and undergo 14-days self-quarantine at the address listed on their COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form. This legal requirement to home quarantine can be shortened if a negative/not-detected result is obtained from a RT-PCR test taken no less than 5 days after arrival.
International travel policy is kept under continuous consideration informed by the international epidemiological situation and public health advice.
