Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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1581. To ask the Minister for Health if people entering Ireland who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with a European Medical Agency approved vaccine will be exempted from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18333/21]

Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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1727. To ask the Minister for Health if fully vaccinated persons with clear tests will be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18814/21]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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1804. To ask the Minister for Health if a fully vaccinated person who travels into Ireland from abroad is subject to quarantine requirements; if an amendment of this requirement is being considered in the context of emerging evidence on the effect that vaccines have on transmissibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19028/21]

Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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1986. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) to return here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19503/21]

Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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1989. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to allowing persons who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to be exempt from mandatory hotel-based quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/21]

Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1990. To ask the Minister for Health the position of persons in cases in which they have urgent family reasons to visit Ireland, for example, an extremely ill parent, are coming from a designated state, have been fully vaccinated and who have a negative PCR test prior to their departure; if such persons are required to undertake mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/21]

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1999. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners from other EU countries who have come to Ireland for work, received both Covid-19 vaccinations and have a negative PCR test are exempt from the two-week mandatory quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/21]

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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2010. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners from other EU countries who have come to Ireland for work, have received both the Covid-19 vaccinations and have a negative PCR test are exempt from the two-week mandatory quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19555/21]

Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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2099. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 in order to facilitate a return to Ireland by fully vaccinated hospital consultants and general practitioners training in Canada and allow them to take up medical positions here without having to undertake mandatory hotel quarantine; if he will consult the expert advisory group on travel in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19832/21]

Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity)
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2190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider revising the regulations on the mandatory Covid-19 detention for persons who can demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and have a negative PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20084/21]

Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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2235. To ask the Minister for Health if a period of isolation or quarantine will be required for fully vaccinated healthcare workers who return from visiting close family in other countries; if so, if the HSE and other healthcare employers will be asked to facilitate such workers in working from home for the quarantine period as is the practice for those required to restrict their movements and work from home due to being a close contact of an infected person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20230/21]

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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2303. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend mandatory hotel quarantine policy to exempt persons who have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20523/21]

Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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2309. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) concerning the hotel quarantine will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/21]

Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity)
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2314. To ask the Minister for Health if a person returning from essential surgery from a category 2 State who is fully vaccinated and can supply negative PCR tests on arrival will be obliged to undergo mandatory Covid-19 detention upon return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20561/21]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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2316. To ask the Minister for Health if the mandatory hotel quarantine requirement will be lifted in respect of persons travelling from designated countries who are fully Covid-19 vaccinated and have negative tests both in respect of their departure from the foreign destination and arrival in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20567/21]

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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2388. To ask the Minister for Health if the rules on mandatory quarantine will be set aside for Irish citizens entering the country from one of the listed countries who have proof of being vaccinated, have a negative test and can isolate at home. [20667/21]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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2408. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has been fully vaccinated must quarantine; the reason a person who has been fully vaccinated would be expected to quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20739/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1581, 1727, 1804, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2010, 2099, 2190, 2235, 2303, 2309, 2314, 2316, 2388 and 2408 together.

Mandatory hotel quarantine has been introduced as one element of Ireland’s public health measures to combat the transmission of COVID-19 variants of concern.

The Health Act 1947, as amended, provides that all persons arriving in Ireland from a designated state, or having travelled through a designated state in the previous 14 days, are required to undergo mandatory quarantine in a designated facility unless they are an exempted traveller under the Act. All applicable travellers must reserve and pay for a place in mandatory hotel quarantine.

The Health (Amendment) Act 2021 identifies those who are exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine and a full list of exemptions can be accessed on gov.ie/quarantine.

The provisions of the Act also allow for travellers to request a review of decisions relating to their quarantine; however this can only be undertaken once quarantine has begun.

The Government continues to evaluate wider policy on international travel as informed by the epidemiological situation and public health advice. As of 17th April, travellers who are fully vaccinated and have documents to prove vaccination are exempt. However, this only applies to persons who are fully vaccinated with an EMA-approved vaccine and there will still be a requirement for them to quarantine at home following arrival into the State.

Neither I as Minister for Health nor my Department have any role in decisions relating to whether individual persons must enter mandatory quarantine or whether individual persons are exempted travellers. All such decisions are to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1582. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18341/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.