Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There are many people currently in the Citywest Hotel where we have such a facility and where people can isolate safely. It is very busy, unfortunately, because of the rate of incidence in the community. It will be mandatory to quarantine at home and the gardaí will have the ability to follow up and check if people are where they have said they will be for their period of isolation. That is a significant change. I remember talking to the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, the health advisers. That was one of the things it really wanted, namely, to strengthen the regulatory powers we have to check people are following the guidance. That, combined with quarantine in a hotel for those coming from certain jurisdictions and without a PCR test, is the key component in tightening up, which we need to do.