S.I. No. 304/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 3) 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 -

(

a

) in Regulation 3A -

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “date, or during the period,” for “date”, and

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “number of persons (which, in the case of an event taking place over a period of more than one day, may include a number of persons per day)” for “number of persons”,

and

(

b

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

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 3A

(1) Event

(2) Date or period

(3) Location

(4) Maximum number of persons

1.

Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda, League of Ireland match

25th day of June 2021

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

1,000

2.

Athletics Ireland National Championships

26th day of June 2021

Morton Stadium, Dublin

400

3.

Indoor concert

26th day of June 2021

INEC, Kerry

200

4.

Race meeting

26th day of June 2021

Curragh racecourse, Kildare

1,000

5.

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

26th day of June 2021

Croke Park, Dublin

4,000

6.

Shelbourne v Cork City, Women’s National League match

26th day of June 2021

Tolka Park, Dublin

750

7.

Irish Open Golf Tournament (European Tour)

Period beginning on the 1st day of July 2021 and ending on the 4th day of July 2021

Mount Juliet Estate, Kilkenny

2,500 per day

8.

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk, League of Ireland match

2nd day of July 2021

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

1,000

9.

Ireland v Japan, international rugby test match

3rd day of July 2021

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

3,000

10.

Cork v Limerick, Munster GAA Hurling Championship

3rd day of July 2021

Semple Stadium, Tipperary

2,400

11.

Music Festival

3rd day of July 2021

Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin

3,500

12.

Comedy performance

3rd day of July 2021

Vicar Street, Dublin

250

13.

Roscommon V Galway, Connacht GAA Football Championship

4th day of July 2021

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

1,500

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 June, 2021.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

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

29

th June,

2021.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me 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 make the following regulations