S.I. No. 438/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2021

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 12) 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 or period

(3)

Location

(4)

Maximum number of persons

1.

Music performance

26th day of August 2021

Pearse Stadium, Galway

1,200

2.

UEFA Europa Conference League play-off

Shamrock Rovers v FC Flora

26th day of August 2021

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

3,500

3.

Comedy performance

27th day of August 2021

Pearse Stadium, Galway

1,200

4.

Waterford v Kilnamanagh, FAI Senior Cup 2nd Round

27th day of August 2021

The Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

700

5.

Dundalk FC v St. Mochtas, FAI Senior Cup 2nd Round

27th day of August 2021

Oriel Park, Louth

500

6.

Finn Harps v Derry City, FAI Senior Cup 2nd Round

27th day of August 2021

Finn Park, Donegal

800

7.

Cork City FC v St. Patrick’s Athletic, FAI Senior Cup 2nd Round

27th day of August 2021

Turner’s Cross, Cork

900

8.

UCD v Longford Town, FAI Senior Cup 2nd Round

27th day of August 2021

UCD Bowl, Dublin

500

9.

Music performance

28th day of August 2021

Pearse Stadium, Galway

1,200

10.

All Ireland Football Semi Final

28th day of August 2021

Croke Park, Dublin

24,000

11.

Athlone Town v Treaty United, Women’s National League

28th day of August 2021

Athlone Town Stadium, Westmeath

500

12.

Cork City v Shelbourne FC, Women’s National League

28th day of August 2021

Turner’s Cross, Cork

900

13.

Wexford Youths v Peamount, Women’s National League

28th day of August 2021

Ferrycarrig Park ,Wexford

500

14.

Galway Women’s v Bohemian FC, Women’s National League

28th day of August 2021

Eamon Deacy Park, Galway

800

15.

2021 All Ireland Minor Football championships Final

28th day of August 2021

O’Connor Park, Tullamore

1,800

16.

Music performance

29th day of August 2021

Pearse Stadium, Galway

1,200

17.

Ireland v Zimbabwe, 2nd Cricket Test - T20 International

29th day of August 2021

Clontarf CC, Dublin

560

18.

All Ireland Camogie Championship Semi Finals

29th day of August 2021

Croke Park, Dublin

7,000

19.

Bohemian FC v Shamrock Rovers, FAI Senior Cup 2nd Round

29th day of August 2021

Dalymount Park, Dublin

400

20.

Taste of Dublin

31st day of August 2021 (one session)

1st day of September 2021 (2 sessions)

Iveagh Gardens, Dublin

1,500 per session

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 August, 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” currently provided for under the Regulations, including a number of additional events.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th August,

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, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,

hereby make the following regulations