Speaking on the issue of mandatory hotel quarantine, Paul Murphy TD said: “These half-baked mandatory hotel quarantine proposals by government are full of holes and seriously exposes Ireland to importing more Covid cases and variants.
“The decision to list just 33 countries, instead of instigating mandatory hotel quarantine for all incoming travellers, is highly problematic. The exclusion of the US and the UK for example from the list defies logic, as variants have been identified as coming from those countries.
“The issue of contracting out security services for the hotel quarantine presents issues as well. The government should instead have instigated a state led system with the provision of health staff to oversee the running of these hotels.
“This should not become a profit bonanza for private hotels and private security companies.”
