S.I. No. 606/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021.

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 45 of 2021

).

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 23rd day of November 2021.

4. Fáisnéis Sláinte

Ní mór do phaisinéirí faisnéis sláinte áirithe a bhaineann le COVID-19 a sholáthar chun teachtaireachtaí sláinte poiblí dírithe a éascú do dhaoine atá ag teacht isteach in Éirinn agus chun rianú teagmhálaithe a éascú. Bailítear na sonraí a leanas

Iarrtar ar phaisinéirí rogha a dhéanamh ó na roghanna a leanas

Tá cruthúnas bailí vacsaínithe i gcoinne COVID-19 ag an bpaisinéir

Tá toradh tástála ábhartha (PCR) ag an bpaisinéir

Tá cruthúnas bailí ag an bpaisinéir go bhfuil téarnamh déanta aige/aici ó COVID-19 le linn na 180 lá roimh dó/di teacht isteach in Éirinn

Tá díolúine ag an bpaisinéir maidir le faisnéis sláinte a sholáthar

Má dhearbhaíonn paisinéir go bhfuil siad vacsaínithe go hiomlán, iarrfar orthu an fhaisnéis tacaíochta a leanas a sholáthar

* Ainm na Vacsaíne (vacsaíní a nglactar leo chun taistel go hÉirinn)

*Dáta an vacsaínithe is deireanaí

*An bhfuil Teastas Digiteach AE COVID agat nó teastas coibhéiseach?

Má dhearbhaíonn paisinéir go bhfuil siad ag taisteal le fianaise go ndearnadh tástáil PCR Covid diúltach réamh-imeachta orthu laistigh de 72 uair roimh dóibh teacht isteach, NÓ le toradh Covid PCR dearfach a rinneadh ar a laghad 11 lá roimh dóibh teacht isteach sa tír (agus gan a bheith níos mó ná 180 lá), iarrfar orthu an fhaisnéis tacaíochta a leanas a sholáthar

*Tá Tástáil PCR COVID-19 faighte agam (ticbhosca)

**Dáta tástála

*Am tástála

*An tír ina ndearnadh tástáil ar an bpaisinéir

*An bhfuil Teastas Digiteach COVID AE le haghaidh tástála PCR agat nó teastas coibhéiseach? Tá/Níl

Má dhearbhaíonn an paisinéir go bhfuil téarnamh déanta acu ó COVID-19 le linn na 180 lá roimh dóibh teacht isteach in Éirinn, iarrfar orthu an fhaisnéis tacaíochta a leanas a sholáthar

Dáta tástála dearfaí do NAAT (PCR san áireamh)

An bhfuil Teastas Digiteach COVID AE agat nó teastas coibhéiseach? Tá/Níl

An bhfuil aon fhaisnéis oiriúnach go bhfuil téarnamh déanta agat?

Má dhearbhaíonn paisinéir go bhfuil diolúine acu, iarrfar orthu roghnú ó na catagóirí a leanas de phaisinéirí a bhfuil díolúine acu maidir le rialacháin sláinte poiblí Covid-19

Criú eitleáin nó muirí atá ag teacht isteach in Éirinn i mbun a gcuid dualgas oibre.

Duine atá ag taisteal go hÉirinn de bhun barántas gabhála, imeachtaí eiseachadta nó oibleagáidí dlíthúla éigeantacha eile.

Comhalta den Gharda Síochána, Óglaigh na hÉireann nó comhlacht nó eagraíocht choibéiseach atá ag taisteal go hÉirinn i mbun a chuid dualgas oibre.

Duine atá ag taisteal go hÉirinn as cúis leighis atá dosheachanta, bunriachtanach agus am-íogair, agus go bhfuil sé seo deimhnithe ag cleachtóir leighis cláraithe.

Duine atá ag taisteal as cúiseanna práinneacha daonnúla, agus a bhfuil deimhniú scríofa ón Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha ina s(h)eilbh aige/aici.

Sealbhóir oifige a ceapadh faoi Acht ar bith, faoin mBunreacht nó comhalta de cheachtar de Thithe an Oireachtais nó de Pharlaimint na hEorpa, tar éis dó/di a bheith i mbun dualgas oibre lasmuigh den Stát.

Páistí atá 11 bliain d’aois nó níos óige, mar nach gá dóibh tástáil Covid-19 a fháil.

*

5. Dearbhú

Meabhraítear don phaisinéir atá ag comhlánú an FAP na píonóis a bhaineann le cion a dhéanamh faoin rialachán seo, agus ní mór dó/di a chur in iúl go bhfuil na sonraí atá curtha ar fáil ceart agus cruinn. Is féidir leis an bpaisinéir an fhoirm a athbhreithniú roimh dó/di an cnaipe ‘cur isteach’ a bhrú. Is féidir FAP nua a chur isteach aon am suas to dtí an pointe imeachta. Ní mór don phaisinéir an adhmháil FAP a choimeád leis/léi agus é a thaispeáint d’fhoireann na haerlíne nó do na gníomhairí láimhseála atá freagrach as bordáil na n-eitleán nó na mbád farantóireachta.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health,

22 November, 2021.

MUIRIS O’CONNOR,

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, made under section 31A of the

Health Act 1947

(inserted by

section 10

of the

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

), provide for amendments to the Passenger Locator Form to be completed by passengers travelling to the State.

12. Notwithstanding the amendments effected by the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 606 of 2021

), these Regulations shall, in so far as they relate to a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form within the meaning of these Regulations before those amendments were made, which was completed by an international passenger in accordance with these Regulations before those amendments were made, continue in operation for the relevant period in respect of the international passenger concerned where he or she –

(

a

) arrived in the State before the coming into operation of the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021, or

(

b

) arrives in the State during the period beginning on the 23rd day of November 2021 and ending on the 26th day of November 2021.”.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th November,

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 Justice and the Minister for Transport,

hereby makes the following regulations