S.I. No. 446/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2021

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 14) 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 1, by the substitution, in paragraph (2), of “6th day of September 2021” for “1st day of September 2021”,

(b) in Regulation 3A, by the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “and, in the case of an event having a number of sessions or performances per day may include a number of persons per session or performance” for “and, in the case of an event having a number of sessions per day may include a number of persons per session”, and

(c) 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.

Taste of Dublin

1st, 2nd and 3rd day of September 2021 (2 sessions per day)

4th and 5th day of September 2021

(3 sessions per day)

Iveagh Gardens, Dublin

1,500 per session

2.

Theatre event

2nd and 4th day of September 2021

(2 performances per day)

3rd and 6th day of September 2021

(one performance per day)

Town Hall Theatre, Galway

200 per performance

3.

Theatre event

2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th day of September 2021 (one performance per day)

Black Box Theatre, Galway

225 per performance

4.

Theatre event

3rd day of September 2021

O’Donoghue Theatre, NUIG, Galway

60

5.

Comedy event

2nd, 3rd and 4th day of September 2021 (one performance per day)

5th day of September 2021

(2 performances)

Olympia Theatre, Dublin

200 per performance

6.

Waterford v Dundalk FC, Premier Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

The Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

2,500

7.

St. Patrick’s Athletic v Longford Town, Premier Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

Richmond Park, Dublin

2,500

8.

Drogheda United v Sligo Rovers, Premier Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

Head in the Game Park, Drogheda

1,300

9.

Finn Harps v Shamrock Rovers, Premier Division, League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

Finn Park, Donegal

2,100

10.

Cabinteely v Galway United, First Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

Stradbrook, Dublin

800

11.

Cork City v Athlone Town, First Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

Turner’s Cross, Cork

3,500

12.

Shelbourne FC v Wexford, First Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

Tolka Park, Dublin

1,600

13.

UCD v Bray Wanderers, First Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

UCD Bowl, Dublin

1,500

14.

Treaty United v Cobh Ramblers, First Division League of Ireland match

3rd day of September 2021

Markets Field, Limerick

2,000

15.

Wexford Youths v Athlone Town, FAI Women’s Senior Cup Quarter Final

4th day of September 2021

Ferrycarrig Park, Wexford

1,100

16.

Shelbourne FC v Cork City Women’s, FAI Womens Senior Cup Quarter Final

4th day of September 2021

Tolka Park, Dublin

1,600

17.

Galway Women’s FC v DLR Waves, FAI Women’s Senior Cup Quarter Final

4th day of September 2021

Eamon Deacy Park, Galway

1,800

18.

Ireland v Azerbaijan FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier

4th day of September 2021

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

28,000

19.

Munster v Munster, Rugby, Pre-Season Friendly

4th day of September 2021

Thomond Park, Limerick

10,000

20.

Leinster v Ulster, Vodafone Women’s Interpro Series

4th day of September 2021

Energia Park, Dublin

2,000

21.

Treaty United v Peamount United, FAI Women’s Senior Cup Quarter Final

5th day of September 2021

Jackman Park, Limerick

500

22.

Cork v Kilkenny, Camogie Minor Final

5th day of September 2021

LIT Gaelic grounds, Limerick

1,500

23.

All Ireland Ladies Football Championship Finals

5th day of September 2021

Croke Park, Dublin

40,000

24.

Ireland v Mexico, Women’s U17 International Friendly

5th day of September 2021

Turner’s Cross, Cork

2,500

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 September, 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 provide that the Regulations remain in operation until 6 September 2021, and 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

3

rd September,

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