The Irish Government has announced a series of updates for people travelling to (or returning to) Ireland on or after July 19th, 2021.
Passengers arriving into Ireland from inside EU + Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland…
If you have valid proof of vaccination, no travel-related testing or quarantine will be necessary.
July 19th marks the introduction of the EU Digital Certificate (DCC). The DCC is a standardised EU system which shows that the holder satisfies one or more of three categories to exempt them from quarantine:
- That they been vaccinated
- That they have recovered from Covid-19 in the preceding six months
- They have had a recent negative Covid test
The DCC is a scannable QR code (printed on paper or saved on a smartphone) relating to that individual that can be
scanned at an airport or another location that might require one.
If a minor is travelling with a parent within the EU and the parent is exempted from quarantine, then the child also
does not need to quarantine. Children under six are exempted from testing across the EU but countries set their own
testing requirements above that age. Children aged over 12 arriving into Ireland from a foreign country will require a
negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours unless they have valid proof of vaccination or COVID recovery.
Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs recommends checking with the Reopen EU website.
https://reopen.europa.eu/en/ and their own travel advice page on https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/
Passengers arriving into Ireland from outside EU + Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland…
This includes those arriving from Great Britain and USA
To protect its citizens against importation of variants of COVID-19, an ‘emergency brake’ mechanism will be
coordinated at EU level to react swiftly to the emergence of a variant of concern or variant of interest.
If your journey originates in a country to which an emergency brake has not been applied and if you have valid proof
of vaccination, no travel-related testing or quarantine will be necessary. If you have valid proof of recovery from
COVID in the past 180 days, no travel-related testing or quarantine will be necessary.
If you do not have valid proof of vaccination or recovery, you will need to:
• present evidence of a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival into the country
• self-quarantine for 14 days
• if you receive a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken from day 5 onwards after arrival into Ireland, you will
be able to leave quarantine Corporate Care has made every effort to ensure that this information is current and correct however we cannot accept responsibility for changes in government policy or health guidelines which may impact our services, or the information contained herein.
If your journey originates in a country to which an emergency brake has been applied and if you have valid proof
of vaccination, you will need to:
• present evidence of a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before arrival
• undergo self-quarantine
• if you receive a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken from day 5 onwards after arrival into Ireland,
you will be able to leave quarantine.
If you have valid proof that you have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 180 days, you will need to:
• present evidence of a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before arrival
• undergo self-quarantine
• if you receive a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken from day 5 onwards after arrival into Ireland,
you will be able to leave quarantine.
If you do not have valid proof of vaccination or recovery, you will need to:
• present evidence of a negative RT-PCR test result taken in previous 72 hours before arrival
• undergo mandatory hotel quarantine
if you receive a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken from day 10 onwards after arrival into Ireland, you will
be able to leave quarantine.
Please note that if and when ‘emergency brakes’ are applied we will issue an immediate advisory
Ireland’s current COVID vaccination status…
The first chart shows Ireland’s cumulative uptake of at least one vaccine dose by age group. The second chart
shows Ireland’s vaccine doses administered per 100 people compared to other nations across the globe. Ireland
is performing strongly.
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