Government advice on International travel
From Department of the Taoiseach; Department of Health
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The current advice from the government is to avoid non-essential travel. From 19 July, new advice and rules relating to international travel will come into effect in Ireland.
It is important to check the public health advice and restrictions in place in the country you plan to travel to.
Passengers arriving into Ireland must fill out a Passenger Locator Form.
From 19 July, subject to the prevailing public health situation, Ireland will operate the EU Digital COVID Certificate for travel originating within the EU/EEA. The DCC will make it easier to travel to and from these countries.
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.
Government advice will be to avoid travel to a country where the emergency brake has been applied.
If you have valid proof of vaccination, no travel-related testing or quarantine will be necessary.
If you do not have valid proof of vaccination, you will need to:
- present evidence of a negative RT-PCR test result within 72 hours prior to arrival into the country
- self-quarantine
- undergo post-arrival testing – this will be provided through the HSE
If you have valid proof of vaccination, you will need to:
- produce a negative result from a RT-PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before arrival
- undergo self-quarantine
- undergo post-arrival testing – this will be provided through the HSE
If you do not have valid proof of vaccination, you will need to:
- produce evidence of a negative result from a PCR test undertaken no more than 72 hours before arrival
- undergo mandatory hotel quarantine
- undergo post-arrival testing