Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Travel Restrictions
Mr. Colm Ó Conaill:
With regard to contact tracing, the first case on this island, which arrived here in late February, involved information shared with the North by the South. If there was a case of an Irish person coming to the South via Northern Ireland, this would not pose a problem. That situation is provided for under the international health regulations. The issue of a standing arrangement for the sharing of information is being looked at as part of the process of mandatory self-isolation that is under way. Interdepartmental discussions are being held. We are in very regular contact with the authorities in Northern Ireland, including via the offices of the respective chief medical officers, which Mr. Burgess mentioned.
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