Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
2181. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the requirement to obtain a negative PCR test prior to travel (details supplied) in relation to travel restrictions into the State from red-listed countries. [36379/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraS.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.
Arrivals from designated states are required to present both proof of vaccination or recovery and a negative RT-PCR test result upon arrival to Ireland. They are then required to undergo 14-days home 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.
For the purposes of travel, passengers are considered vaccinated if they have been vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency with recommended number of days after the final dose, see table below.
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A full course of any one of the following vaccines |
Regarded as vaccinated after: |
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2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®) |
7 days |
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2 doses of Moderna Vaccine: CX-024414 (Moderna®) |
14 days |
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2 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine: ChAdOx1-SARS-COV-2 (Vaxzevria® or Covishield) |
15 days |
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1 dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Vaccine: Ad26.COV2-S [recombinant] (Janssen®) |
14 days |
Arrivals to Ireland from designated states who are not considered fully vaccinated and hold a negative PCR test result are required to enter mandatory hotel quarantine.
