Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Travel Restrictions
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
On a related point, on which I am picking up, many have been hearing conflicting messages over the past week or maybe a little longer, be it from public health professionals or representatives of airlines and the airline industry. There is lot of confusion in this regard. People are looking towards the summer holidays and wondering what the landscape will be like. Some have their summer holidays abroad booked. I know people who book almost a year in advance. Some are anxious to get away on their summer holidays. People will be able to travel to Bergamo or Madrid in a couple of weeks if they want. Those areas were very badly affected by Covid-19. What advice is coming from the Department on what the landscape will be like? Can people expect mandatory self-isolation in June, July, August and September in Ireland? What are travellers to expect? What are employers to expect of their employees? What is the position of the Department on that?
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