French Ambassador to Ireland Vincent Guérend (above) has criticised Ireland’s Mandatory Hotel Quarantine scheme, which has seen members of the Defence Forces escort arrivals at Dublin Airport. Ireland is the only EU member state to detain travellers from other EU countries
This morning.
Via Irish Times:
France’s ambassador to Ireland Vincent Guérend said the French embassy had received “large numbers of desperate calls” in recent weeks from Ireland’s French community, many of whom need to travel to France for medical reasons including cancer and cardiac care.
The ambassador told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that mandatory hotel quarantine was preventing those who need to commute between Ireland and France from travelling. There are between 25,000-30,000 French nationals living in Ireland, he said.
“We’re not speaking for normal travel, it’s not business as usual, people go for really compelling reasons, for severe medical treatment, for cancer, for heart disease and we believe the mandatory hotel quarantine prevents almost all travelling and that the exception mechanism is really insufficient.”
Ireland’s quarantine system unnecessarily harsh, says French ambassador (Irish Times)
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frankly ( see what I did there) bet your ass you’re going home for medical care, I’ll be over to see my gyno asap, baby care here is excellent, follow up care for mum….pants
I used to live there. Medical care in France is excellent and covered by the state without waiting 6 months.
yup
How dare they leave this country for health care!
Don’t they know the HSE waiting list is *only* 2 years long?
Given how full cancer screening STILL hasn’t recommenced in Ireland, everyone will be travelling to France for healthcare.
and you know what, if you walk into emergency they will treat you no matter where you come from or if you can afford to pay, you won’t be hounded for a bill you can’t pay either, I remember early days being there, before o had my medical card sorted, I was given 20 quid by the hospital for the taxi home.
Did Gay Byrne and Ewan McGregor have a wee French baby?