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Thursday, 15 July 2021

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have gone through mandatory hotel quarantine; the number of hotels used for mandatory hotel quarantine; the names and addresses of the hotels used for mandatory hotel quarantine; the number of persons accessing mandatory hotel quarantine from each port of origin, including Rosslare Port, Dublin Port, Port of Cork, Dublin Airport, Cork Airport, Shannon Airport and any other port offering international transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33168/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Mandatory hotel quarantine (MHQ) has been introduced as one element of Ireland’s public health measures to combat the transmission of Covid-19 and to protect the population when there is a high risk of importation of infection from Covid-19 and from challenges posed by new variants of concern. As of 21st June a total of six hotels with the capacity of 1,376 rooms are in use for MHQ. The hotel quarantine facilities are:

- Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Santry

- Holiday Inn Express, Santry

- Red Cow Moran Hotel, Naas Road

- Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Golden Lane

- Croke Park Hotel, Drumcondra

- Crowne Plaza Hotel Blanchardstown

The number of persons recorded for Mandatory Hotel Quarantine at each Port of Entry up to 11 July 2021 is as follows:

- Dublin Airport – 7,927

- Cork Airport – 68

- Shannon Airport – 0

- Dublin Sea Port – 103

- Rosslare Sea Port – 29

- Cork Sea Port - 0

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