It is simply an imposition of mandatory hotel quarantine restrictions on those who travel for non-essential purposes into and out of the country. If the case numbers in some EU countries were to get out of hand, would this legislation cover hotel quarantine for travellers arriving from EU countries?
By going further, extending the powers for mandatory hotel quarantine and ensuring that the laws banning non-essential inward and outward travel are enforced, as well as enforceable, this will help to engender and create an even stronger sense of public goodwill and solidarity, which we saw so strongly during the first lockdown but which has clearly been eroded by the reports about people engaging in non-essential travel. There are 33 countries on that list and countries can be added or removed from the list if the situations in those countries improve.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Ivana Bacik and Marie Sherlock; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Seán Kyne.
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