Image: Julien Behal Photography Image: Julien Behal Photography HOTEL QUARANTINING MEASURES for travellers who are coming from specific countries where there is an increased risk of the Covid-19 variant should be in place by the middle of this month, the Taoiseach has said.
“We announced it two weeks ago we thought we would move in this direction, we’ve brought in a raft of measures since that government decision from police checking at airports, to increasing fines from €100 to €500 if you’re in breach of level five on the way to the airport, to the home mandatory hormone quarantining, and a number of other measures as well.
Under the regulations, passengers who arrive from any destination must quarantine for 14 days either at home or at an address specified on their Passenger Locator Form. He added that the public health advice is that people subjected to mandatory quarantine should self-isolate within their homes to assist in protecting those around them.
Passengers who arrive in the state without proof of a negative PCR test may be fined €2,500 or receive six months in prison, or both. It is an offence not to take the test and can result in a fine of up to 2,500 euros or a prison sentence of up to six months, or both. Officials said a commercial specification was issued on Thursday evening to hotels near air and sea ports asking for proposals on how they can support the delivery of quarantine facilities ahead of formal contracts being awarded.
Just a matter of having a plan in place, a vaccine supply and genetating confidence in a previously inept HSE. Apart from that its plain sailing.
Looking forward to seeing proof of this statement & a fact check by
So don't go abroad Micheal.
You and your obscenely paid colleagues in Government are to blame for these variants entering and infecting people in Ireland because of your love affair with the aviation industry.
When weren't we🙄
So they finally succumb to introducing a modicum of measures due to public demand and the fact other countries are doing it. And they still do it totally half arsed and a future date. Cue Irish tribunals for the next three decades. Just stop already.
And how did the 'variants' get here? They allowed them to, by keeping the airports open and allow travellers into the country asking them to self quarantine!
Covid infections down 30% globally in the last 3 weeks but not a mention on any Irish media outlet 🤔
In a race? He knows what a race is right? 220,000 vaccinated in Ireland TO DATE. Approx 600,000 vaccinated in England PER DAY. If its a race MichealMartinTD you are not winning. Whinning yes, winning no!
Listening resently to a professor at Beaumont hospital explain these 'variants' or mutation of the covid virus, as he says it doesn't gather pace it weakens, each spike is a mutation and we had the spainish one last year but we didn't hear of that one.
Bullshit.they’ll make sure there’s no good news to keep people in check.
That was known from early days that there would be mutations, also lockdowns contribute to mutations
He's so full of it.
Bullshit
At yesterday’s rate of vaccinations we are looking at 557 days to get through it on single dose twice that for two doses looks like three years or so ! I wonder what our national debt will be by then ? Or does that matter anymore ?
🤣🤣🤣 'gov IN A RACE to get ppl vaccinated'. Jeez, what's their normal pace?
What a dilemma. How do you push the new variant story and not enforce mandatory hotel isolation 😂
He failed to protect the most vulnerable in society. An awful leader.
Thanks for making sure we joined that race Mehole 👍 Protect us from Covid. That was your main job. What did you go? Protect lobbyists and forget about us. Landscape my arse. What changes for us? GroundhogDay
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