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From top: Dublin Airport yesterday: Stephen Donnelly on RTE One’s Prime Time last night

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Following European Commission pressure, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said regulations to allow fully vaccinated people arriving to Ireland quarantine at home will be drafted and signed in the coming days…

Via Irish Times:

European Union embassies had earlier renewed their criticism of the quarantine system. They were joined by the European Commission, which contacted Irish authorities seeking clarifications on the criteria used to designate countries and raising “some concerns in relation to the general principles of EU law, in particular proportionality and non-discrimination”.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, speaking on RTÉ’s Prime Time programme last night, said he would “make no apologies” to the European Commission or Italian ambassador to Ireland for introducing mandatory hotel quarantine and that he is “confident” the move is in compliance with EU law.

Hmm.

Covid-19: Vaccinated people to be exempt from hotel quarantine, Donnelly says (Irish Times)

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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly speaking to media before entering Government Buildings for a Cabinet meeting this morning

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Earlier: On Track

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Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris arriving at Government Buildings this morning.

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Aviva Stadium, Dublin 4.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly tours a HSE Covid-19 vaccination centre in the Aviva Stadium.

Currently 18% of the population have received one dose of a vaccine, while 7.5% have received two doses.

After you, no you first, no please, etc.

Earlier: No, Don’t Get Up

Almost four million vaccine doses expected over next three months (RTE)

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Dail Eireann at the Convention Centre.

Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly and the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, clash over vaccine roll-out figures.

Minister Donnelly had said “slightly less than a million doses” of Covid vaccines will arrive in the month of April.

However, Sinn Féin’s Health Spokesperson, David Cullinane said Mr Donnelly told a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting last night that the figure he received for April was 860,000.

Donnelly criticised after Covid vaccine arrivals are revised downwards (RTÉ)

Health chiefs defend vaccination priority change amid anger from various groups (Irish Examiner)

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Previously: Mass Delusion

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Baggott Street, Dublin 2.

Brigadier General Brendan McGuinness, Commander of the Defence Forces COVID-19 Joint Taskforce, and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly at the technical briefing on Mandatory Hotel Quarantine in the Department of Health this afternoon.

The Defence Forces will be responsible for overseeing the mandatory detention of hot spot visitors in hotels at Dublin Airport.

Soldiers will be armed to the teeth and many are trained in close, hand-to-hand combat and giving ‘Chinese burns’.

Should anyone be thinking of making a run for it.

Or planning an escape committee to tunnel out.

Earlier: The Defence Forces Will Oversee The Project

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Government Buildings, Dublin 2

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced that Mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland will come into effect this Friday.

Via RTÉ

The cost for an incoming passenger coming from one of 33 designated states is €1,875 for 12 nights.

The rules will also apply to any passenger who arrives into the State without the required negative PCR test for Covid-19.

The day rate for those passengers will be €150.

The service provider – Tifco Hotel Group – will provide full board accommodation, along with transportation, security, health and well-being services.

The first facility that will be available to receive arriving passengers is the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport Hotel in Santry (top).

However, the Tifco Hotel Group has committed to making as many rooms available as required.

The Department of Health said that when it comes to transportation, the Defence Forces will oversee the process, but members will escort the bus rather than drive it.

Mandatory hotel quarantine comes into effect on Friday (RTÉ)

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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly

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RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, the minister said that new information emerged about four cases in Norway late on Saturday evening.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) acted quickly and decisively, he said, and “for what is hopefully a very short period of time”.

He said a combination of healthcare workers and those in Cohort 4 (at high risk due to underlying conditions) will not now get the vaccine this week. Mr Donnelly said he hopes that they can be rescheduled very quickly.

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Around 30,000 people face AstraZeneca vaccine deferral (RTÉ)

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Last November.

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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly

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Via RTÉ news:

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said the issue with the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine is very frustrating and he said he spoke to the company about his concerns with supply last night.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, he said the AstraZeneca representative said the company was committed to the total volumes being delivered to Ireland but could not give dates.

Mr Donnelly said the company admitted to having “unanticipated problems” with supply chains and having a very significant manufacturing capacity…

Minister says AstraZeneca commits to fixing issues but no dates for deliveries (RTÉ)

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