If you travel to Ireland from any of the high risk countries, you must complete a 14-day quarantine period which must be undertaken at the address specified on the Covid -19 passenger Locator Form You must complete the full 14 days of quarantine – regardless of whether you have a negative test result.
The list of high risk countries is as follows:
African countries
- Angola
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Eswatini
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Republic of South Africa
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
South American countries
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Other countries
- Austria
- United Arab Emirates
If you do not fulfil the legal requirement for mandatory quarantine you are committing an offence, and can be fined up to €2,500 or get a prison sentence of up to 6 months, or both.
You may only leave your place of residence during the quarantine period for unavoidable reasons of an emergency nature to protect a person’s health or welfare, to leave the State, or to avail of a test when requested to do so in writing by the HSE.
You should phone any GP or GP out of hour service to arrange a free COVID-19 test – the test should be done 5 days after you arrived in Ireland or as soon as possible after those 5 days, this test will be provided by the HSE. You may leave your quarantine to take this test. Whatever the result of the test, you must complete the 14 day period of quarantine.
Very limited exemptions apply to travellers from the requirement to complete this mandatory quarantine:
- patients travelling for urgent medical reasons
- international transport workers in possession of an Annex 3 Certificate; Drivers of Heavy Goods Vehicles; Aviation and maritime crew
- Gardaí/defence forces, while carrying out their duties
- travel to the State pursuant to an arrest warrant, extradition proceedings or other mandatory legal obligation
- travel necessary to provide services essential to or to perform the function of an office holder or elected representative
- transit passengers who arrive for the purposes of travelling to another state, and who do not leave the port or airport
Passenger Locator form
If you are coming to Ireland from overseas, including if you are travelling onward to Northern Ireland, you must complete a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form .This is available online at https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ab900-covid-19-passenger-locator-form/
If you don’t fill out this form you can be fined up to €2,500 or get a prison sentence of up to 6 months.
You must also fill out this form if you arrive via Northern Ireland and have been overseas in the 14 days prior to your arrival in Ireland.
An exemption from completing the form is in place for providers of essential supply chain services such as hauliers, pilots and maritime staff.
Once you have arrived here you must comply with the health restrictions In Place in Ireland
Passengers travelling to Northern Ireland must ensure that they are familiar with the guidance and regulations in place, including the completion of a UK passenger Locator Form