Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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1021. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 17 February 2021, his views on whether it is possible and if he considers it urgent to arrange for safe transport to places of quarantine for travellers arriving from category-2 countries to avoid introducing more deadly Covid-19 variants. [10423/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The operationalisation of designated quarantine facilities is being advanced on a cross-departmental basis as a matter of priority, including the drafting of primary legislation to provide for these facilities.

My Department is leading a group from across government and agencies to progress policy and legislation and the operational requirements for designated quarantine facilities.

This work is supported by officials from across a number of Departments including Foreign Affairs, Transport, Justice, Public Expenditure and Reform, as well as Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. This group is working urgently to establish the scope of services required to put these facilities in place, including the legislative basis and operational issues such as transport.