Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will certainly take that up in my engagement with the major airlines. The Government advice since the middle of March has been to avoid non-essential travel off the island but I appreciate that there are some people who made bookings long before March and now find themselves in a very difficult position. On the international travel advice, I restate that nobody should engage in non-essential travel off the island and anyone coming in for reasons essential or otherwise should, not quarantine as such, but restrict their movements for 14 days. That means staying at home and only going out for essential supplies and exercise. I regularly see the terms "quarantine" and "self-isolate" used incorrectly. The advice is for a person to restrict their movements for 14 days. That applies to anyone coming to the island with a very small number of exceptions such as pilots, transport workers, cabin crew and diplomats. On Monday, however, we will have a green list of countries that have an incidence of coronavirus that is similar to ours. We will then be able to update our advice on those countries and it will be different from the general advice for countries not on that list.

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