There have been 26 bookings as of (yesterday) evening under the new mandatory hotel quarantine system.

Six of the bookings are for check-in in March, 15 are for April and five are for May.

The mandatory quarantine system is for 14 days and will come into force this Friday, (26 March) with the booking portal going live yesterday.

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

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

The day rate for those passengers will be €150.

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Political parties from the opposition have called for the introduction of mandatory hotel quarantine for all arrivals into the country’s (ferry)ports and airports.

Mandatory hotel quarantine legislation, which would see passengers from 20 countries stay in facilities for two weeks upon arrival into the country, was brought before the Dáil today by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.

While opposition parties were in favour of legislation on mandatory hotel quarantine being finally brought before the house, Labour, Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats will propose amendments that all non-essential arrivals be put into mandatory hotel quarantine.

Passengers may leave quarantine if they arrive into the country with a negative test and a further negative test again on day 10.

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Minister for Transport reports RTE News, has said a mandatory quarantine is not possible to enforce for those entering Ireland but stricter control measures are set to be introduced.

Eamon Ryan said those measures will include an electronic register and testing of some travellers.

Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Sarah McInerney, he said the advice remains that in the wider interests of public health it is best to stay in Ireland and not to travel abroad.

He said the Irish approach to Covid-19 is working and the quarantine measures in place are working, but authorities need to remain vigilant and continue to adapt, monitor and review the situation as more people start flying.

He said if the number of cases of Covid-19 rise as a result of international travel "we will have to tighten restrictions".

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