S.I. No. 291/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

2. The

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 217 of 2021

) are amended by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for Schedule 3 to those Regulations.

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 3A

(1) Event

(2) Date

(3) Location

(4) Maximum number of persons

1.

Offaly v Derry, Men’s National Football League Match

19th day of June 2021

Croke Park, Dublin

2,400

2.

Camogie national league final

20th day of June 2021

Croke Park, Dublin

3,000

3.

Irish Chamber Orchestra performance

23rd day of June 2021

University of Limerick Concert Hall, Limerick

519

4.

Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda, League of Ireland match

25th day of June 2021

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

1,000

5.

Athletics Ireland National Championships

26th day of June 2021

Morton Stadium, Dublin

400

6.

Indoor concert

26th day of June 2021

INEC, Kerry

200

7.

Race meeting

26th day of June 2021

Curragh racecourse, Kildare

1,000

8.

Ladies Gaelic Football Association League Finals (Divisions 1 and 2)

26th day of June 2021

Croke Park, Dublin

4,000

9.

Shelbourne v Cork City, Women’s National League match

26th day of June 2021

Tolka Park, Dublin

750

”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health,

18 June, 2021.

COLM DESMOND,

A person authorised under

section 15

of the

Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924

to authenticate the seal of the Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

)

These Regulations amend the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 217 of 2021

) to make amendments to the list of “Scheduled Events”.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

22

nd June,

2021.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 5

and 31A (inserted by

section 10

of the

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020

(No. 1 of 2020)) of the

Health Act 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and -

(a) having regard to the immediate, exceptional and manifest risk posed to human life and public health by the spread of Covid-19 and to the matters specified in subsection (2) of section 31A,

and

(b) having consulted with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,

hereby makes the following regulations