Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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654. To ask the Minister for Health if An Garda Síochána has the powers to implement the regulation which requires persons who travel from another state into Ireland via Northern Ireland to have a not-detected PCR test result and to observe the statutory quarantine regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7923/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Travellers arriving from overseas, including via Northern Ireland, are required to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form and to have evidence of a negative pre-departure RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours of travel.

Passengers arriving to Ireland from overseas, including those entering via Northern Ireland,with a limited exemptions, are also required to quarantine for 14 days at the address given on their Passenger Locator Form.

SI No.44 of 2021 places a requirement on overseas travellers who enter the State via Northern Ireland to retain their test result for 14 days after arrival and to produce it if asked by a member of An Garda Síochána.

Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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655. To ask the Minister for Health if An Garda Síochána has the powers to prevent persons travelling from Ireland travelling to Belfast International Airport with a view to travelling abroad for non-essential purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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SI No. 701 of 2020, as amended, provides that a person whose place of residence is in the State may not leave their place of residence without reasonable excuse. A non-exhaustive list of reasonable excuses is contained within the SI. Leaving a place of residence without reasonable excuse is subject to penal provisions under section 31A of the Act of 1947.