Written answers
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Department of Health
Covid-19 Pandemic
Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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904. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification regarding mandatory hotel quarantine for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/21]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (COVID-19) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021, persons who are fully vaccinated, as well as any dependents who accompany them, are now exempt from the requirement to undergo quarantine in a designated facility. All such persons and dependents are however still required to adhere to all other current travel and public health advice, including the need to quarantine at home or at the address specified on their passenger locator from, following their arrival.
Persons who are fully vaccinated are also required to provide a negative pre-departure RT-PCR test taken in the 72 hours pre-departure and to complete a period of self-quarantine at home or wherever specified in their passenger locator form.
The following table sets out the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’;
| Type of Vaccine | You are regarded as fully vaccinated after |
|---|---|
| Pfizer-BioNtech | 7 days after 2nd dose |
| Moderna | 14 days after 2nd dose |
| Oxford-AstraZeneca | 15 days after 2nd dose |
| Johnson & Johnson/Janssen | 14 days after single dose |
Neither I as Minister for Health nor my Department have a role in decisions relating to whether individual persons must enter mandatory quarantine or whether individual persons are exempted travellers. All such decisions are to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
More information can be accessed on gov.ie/quarantine.
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