Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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1757. To ask the Minister for Health if family reunification of persons that have permission to reside in Ireland is deemed essential travel under Covid-19 level 5 restrictions. [15328/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The current Regulations in effect providing for public health restrictions are the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10) Regulations 2020, as amended, (S.I. No. 701 of 2020).

The regulations provide that a person shall not leave their place of residence, including to go to an airport or port for the purpose of leaving the State, without reasonable excuse. The list of reasonable excuses is non-exhaustive. It includes travel to give effect to arrangements for access to a child for parents or guardians of a child or a person who has a right of access to a child. It also includes travel to return to one’s place of residence and travel to attend to a vital family matter. Enforcement is a matter for An Garda Síochána. 

Statutory amendments related to the Covid-19 pandemic are available here -