James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of flights from the United States of America; if his attention has been drawn to a recent EU recommendation on restricting such flights to help mitigate the spread of Covid-19; the supporting measures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14996/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Current public health advice is to avoid all non-essential international travel into Ireland. The frequency of flights operating into Ireland from the United States is currently very low and passenger numbers are a fraction of normal levels. The few flights that are operating from the US are facilitating the repatriation of citizens, the movement of essential workers to Ireland and the maintenance of essential cargo supply lines.

All persons arriving into Ireland from overseas are legally obliged to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form and are expected to self-isolate for a period of 14 days.

The position remains under review by the public health authorities, having regard to the epidemiological situation in Europe and internationally, and further guidance on international travel will be announced by Government later this month.