Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons are permitted to travel beyond the 5 km limit in order to view accommodation that they wish to rent or purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 448 of 2020) came into effect on 22 October 2020 and are expected to expire on 1 December 2020.

Regulation 5 provides that a person shall not leave his or her place of residence without reasonable excuse. Regulation 5(2)(p) provides for a reasonable excuse for travelling or moving in order to - "move to another residence where, in all the circumstances of the case, such movement is reasonably necessary".