Ireland's hotel quarantine system for arrivals from designated countries is due to come into effect by the end of this week, the Minister for Public Expenditure has said.
Michael McGrath told RTÉ News his cabinet colleague, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, will be outlining in the coming days how the regime will work.
The news comes two weeks after the legislation allowing for mandatory hotel quarantining was signed into law, and amid ongoing concern about thousands of people flying into the country, particularly from "high risk" countries such as Brazil and South Africa.
There are 33 countries, mainly in Africa and South America, on the Government's Category 2 list of "high risk" countries. Brazil and South Africa were the first two