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S.I. No. 45 of 2021
HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY REQUIREMENTS)
(COVID-19 PASSENGER LOCATOR FORM) REGULATIONS 2021
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2022 and no further amendments have been made since this date.
This Revised Statutory Instrument is an administrative consolidation of the Health Act 1947
(Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) Regulations
2021. It is prepared by the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of the Department of
Health.
All statutory instruments up to and including the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary
Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 31
of 2022) were considered in the preparation of this Revised Statutory Instrument.
Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Statutory
Instrument, the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Health can assume no
responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the
accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and do not accept
any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors,
omissions and comments by email to info@ag.irlgov.ie.
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S.I. No. 45 of 2021
HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY REQUIREMENTS)
(COVID-19 PASSENGER LOCATOR FORM) REGULATIONS 2021
REVISED
Introduction
This Revised Statutory Instrument presents the text of the Statutory Instrument as it has been
amended since it was made by the Minister for Health, and preserves the format in which it
was made.
Annotations
This Revised Statutory Instrument is annotated and includes textual amendments.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision:
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 31 of 2022)
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator
Form) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 606 of 2021)
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of 2021)
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 565 of 2021)
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of 2021)
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of 2021)
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 277 of 2021)
• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon
Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 135 of
2021)
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S.I. No. 45 of 2021
HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY REQUIREMENTS)
(COVID-19 PASSENGER LOCATOR FORM) REGULATIONS 2021
Updated to 1 February 2022
I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me 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,
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hereby make the following regulations:
Citation, revocation, commencement and operation
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary
Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) Regulations 2021.
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In addition to the consultation with those Ministers of the Government, the Minister for Housing, Local
Government and Heritage, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Tourism,
Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media were also consulted in relation to S.I. No. 135 of 2021.
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(2) The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 181 of 2020) are revoked.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations shall come into operation on the 6th
day of February 2021 and shall have effect for the period beginning on that day and ending
on the F1 [31
st
day of March 2022].
(4) Regulation 5 shall come into operation on the 9th day of February 2021.
Amendment
F1 Substituted (01.02.2022) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 31 of 2022),
reg. 3.
Editorial note
E1 Previous affecting provisions:
Substituted (08.06.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 277 of 2021),
reg. 2;
Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 4;
Substituted (31.10.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 565 of
2021), reg. 2;
Substituted (08.06.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 277 of 2021),
reg. 2;
Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 3;
Substituted as per F1.
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Definitions
2. In these Regulations -
“airport” means any of the following airports:
(a) Cork Airport;
(b) Donegal Airport;
(c) Dublin Airport;
(d) Ireland West Airport;
(e) Kerry Airport;
(f) Shannon Airport;
(g) Waterford Airport;
“contact details”, in relation to an international passenger F2 [or a person referred to in
paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4], means his or her telephone number and email address;
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F3 [“Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form” means -
(a) the form set out in the Schedule or a form to like effect made available
electronically by the Health Service Executive, or
(b) a form to like effect as the form set out in the Schedule in such other
language as is made available electronically by the Health Service Executive,
that may only be completed electronically;]
“international passenger” means a person, other than a F4 [person who is less than 18 years
of age], who arrives in the State after having been in a relevant state in the period of 14
days prior to the date on which he or she so arrives, but does not include -
(a) F5 […];
(b) an international transport worker who arrives in the State in the course of
performing his or her duties;
(c) F6 […];
(d) a person to whom the privileges and immunities conferred by -
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(i) the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on the
18th day of April 1961, or
(ii) the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations done at Vienna on the
24th day of April 1963,
apply in the State;
(e) a person to whom the privileges and immunities conferred by an
international agreement or arrangement apply in the State, pursuant to the
Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Acts 1967 to 2006 or any other
enactment;
“international transport worker” means a person -
(a) who holds a valid annex 3 certificate in accordance with the Communication
from the Commission on the implementation of the Green Lanes under the
Guidelines for border management measures to protect health and ensure
the availability of goods and essential services
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, or
(b) who is a driver of a heavy goods vehicle;
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OJ No. C 96I, 24.3.2020, p. 1
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“place of residence”, in relation to an international passenger F7 [or a person referred to in
paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4], means the place in the State or in Northern Ireland at
which he or she intends to reside during the relevant period;
“PLF receipt” means a receipt issued electronically by the Health Service Executive, in such
form as it may specify, to an international passenger F8 [or a person referred to in
paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4] on the completion electronically by F9 [him or her] of a
Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form;
“port” means any of the following ports:
(a) Cobh in the Port of Cork;
(b) Dublin Port;
(c) Killybegs Harbour;
(d) Port of Cork;
(e) Port of Galway;
(f) Port of Waterford;
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(g) Rosslare EuroPort;
“public health information” means public health information or advice relating to Covid-19,
including measures for preventing, limiting, minimising or slowing the spread of Covid-19;
“Regulations of 2020” means the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 181 of 2020);
“relevant period” means -
(a) subject to paragraph (b), in relation to an international passenger F10 [or a
person referred to in paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4] -
(i) the period of F11 [28 days] beginning on the date on which he or she
arrives in the State, or
(ii) where the duration of his or her stay in the State is less than F12 [28
days], the period of his or her stay,
or
(b) in the case of an international passenger F13 [or a person referred to in
paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4] who travels from the State directly to
Northern Ireland, the period of F14 [28 days] beginning on the date on which
he or she arrives in the State;
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“relevant person” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 3;
“relevant state” means any state, country, territory, region or other place outside the State,
other than Northern Ireland;
F15 [“responsible adult” means, in relation to a person who is less than 18 years of age who
arrives in the State after having been in a relevant state in the period of 14 days prior to the
date on which he or she so arrives, an international passenger who is travelling with the
person and who is responsible, alone or jointly with another international passenger, for
that person for all or part of the journey by which the person arrives in the State.]
Amendments
F2 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(a).
F3 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(b).
F4 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(c)(i).
F5 Deleted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(c)(ii).
F6 Deleted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(c)(ii).
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F7 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(d).
F8 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(e)(i).
F9 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(e)(ii).
F10 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(f).
F11 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 4.
F12 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 4.
F13 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(f).
F14 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 4.
F15 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 5(g).
Editorial note
E2 Previous affecting provision: Substituted (12.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A
– Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of 2021), reg. 4; Substituted as per F3.
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Relevant persons
3. The following persons (each of whom, in these Regulations, is referred to as a “relevant
person”) are specified as relevant persons for the purposes of these Regulations:
(a) officers of the Minister for Justice, being immigration officers appointed by
that Minister under section 3 of the Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1 of 2004);
(b) persons appointed by the Health Service Executive under the programme
commonly known as the Covid-19 Contact Management Programme;
(c) any officer, employee or agent of the Health Service Executive who is acting
in the course of his or her duty as such officer, employee or agent in
accordance with F16 [Regulation 7];
(d) any agent of the Minister who is acting in the course of his or her duty as such
agent in accordance with F17 [Regulation 7].
Amendments
F16 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 5.
F17 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 5.
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Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form
4. F18 [(1) An international passenger shall -
(a) in the case of arrival in the State at a port or airport -
(i) not travel to the State without having completed, no more than 72
hours before travelling to the State, a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form
electronically in respect of himself or herself and, subject to paragraph
(2), any person who is less than 18 years of age in relation to whom he
or she is a responsible adult, and
(ii) on arrival in the State at the port or airport, make the PLF receipt
relating to himself or herself available to a relevant person when
requested to do so by such relevant person,
and
(b) in the case of arrival in the State other than at a port or airport -
(i) before his or her arrival and no more than 72 hours before such arrival,
complete a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form electronically in respect of
himself or herself and, subject to paragraph (2), any person who is less
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than 18 years of age in relation to whom he or she is a responsible
adult,
(ii) retain the PLF receipt relating to himself or herself for a period of 14
days after so arriving, and
(iii) make the PLF receipt available to a member of the Garda Síochána
when requested to do so by such member.]
(2) Where the requirement in paragraph F19 [paragraph (1)(a)(i) or (1)(b)(i)] applies to
2 or more international passengers, in relation to a F20 [person who is less than 18 years of
age], the requirement shall be deemed to be complied with by all such international
passengers where one of the international passengers concerned has complied with that
requirement.
F21 [(2A) A person who –
(a) arrives in the State after having been in a relevant state in the period of 14
days prior to the date on which he or she so arrives,
(b) is more than 12 years of age and less than 18 years of age, and
(c) is not accompanied by a responsible adult,
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shall -
(i) in the case of arrival in the State at a port or airport -
(I) not travel to the State without having completed, no more than
72 hours before travelling to the State, a Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Form electronically in respect of himself or herself, and
(II) on arrival in the State at the port or airport, make the PLF receipt
relating to himself or herself available to a relevant person when
requested to do so by such relevant person,
and
(ii) in the case of arrival in the State other than at a port or airport -
(I) before his or her arrival and no more than 72 hours before such
arrival, complete a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form
electronically in respect of himself or herself,
(II) retain the PLF receipt relating to himself or herself for a period of
14 days after so arriving, and
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(III) make the PLF receipt available to a member of the Garda
Síochána when requested to do so by such member.]
(3) Where a relevant person suspects, with reasonable cause, that any person in an
airport or port who has not completed a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form is an
international passenger, the relevant person may request that person to provide such
information or documentation to the relevant person as he or she may reasonably require
in order to ascertain whether or not the person is an international passenger.
(4) A person shall comply with a request under paragraph (3).
(5) Paragraphs (1) and (4) are penal provisions for the purpose of section 31A of the
Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947).
Amendments
F18 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 6(a).
F19 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 6(b)(i).
F20 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 6(b)(ii).
F21 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 6(c).
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Editorial note
E3 Previous affecting provision: Substituted (12.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A
– Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of 2021), reg. 5(a); Substituted as per F18.
F22 [Obligations on travel organisers
5. (1) A travel organiser, in relation to a person whose arrival in the State it
organises, effects or facilitates, shall -
(a) take reasonable steps to inform the person, where he or she is an
international passenger, of his or her obligations under these
Regulations,
(b) take reasonable steps to check whether or not the person, where he
or she is an international passenger, has a PLF receipt relating to
himself or herself, and
(c) subject to subsection (2), refuse to organise, effect or facilitate the
travel of the person to the State where the person has not, to the
satisfaction of the travel organiser, demonstrated that he or she has a
PLF receipt relating to himself or herself.
(2) Paragraph (1)(c) shall not apply in relation to a person whose arrival in the
State is organised, effected or facilitated by a travel organiser where the person declares to
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the travel organiser, or an officer, employee or agent of the travel organiser, that he or she
is not an international passenger.
(3) In this Regulation, “travel organiser” means a person who -
(a) by providing a person with access to or use of a vehicle, organises,
effects or facilitates the arrival of the person in the State, and
(b) is -
(i) a body corporate, or
(ii) in relation to a person who organises, effects or facilitates the
arrival of the person in the State by providing access to or use
of a vehicle on a private and exclusive basis, the owner of such
vehicle.]
Amendment
F22 Substituted (12.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of
2021), reg. 6.
Provision of information to relevant person
6. F23 [(1) Where a relevant person or a member of the Garda Síochána considers it
necessary to do so, he or she may request an international passenger to provide such
information or documentation as may be required in order to verify any particular stated on
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a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form completed by that international passenger or on a PLF
receipt provided by that international passenger.]
(2) Where a relevant person or a member of the Garda Síochána suspects, with
reasonable cause, that the information provided on a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form, or
stated on a PLF receipt, is inaccurate, incomplete or misleading, he or she may request the
international passenger who provided the information to clarify the information, or provide
such further information or documentation as the relevant person or member of the Garda
Síochána may reasonably require to ensure that the form is completed accurately.
(3) F24 [ … ]
(4) An international passenger residing in the State shall comply with a request under
paragraph F25 [(1) or (2)].
(5) F26 [ … ]
(6) F27 [ … ]
F28 [(7) Paragraph (4) is a penal provision for the purposes of section 31A of the Health
Act 1947.]
Amendments
F23 Substituted (12.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of
2021), reg. 7.
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F24 Deleted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 6(a).
F25 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 6(b).
F26 Deleted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 6(a).
F27 Deleted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 6(a).
F28 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 6(c).
Provision of public health information to international passengers
7. (1) A relevant person may, during a relevant period, contact an international passenger by
way of telephone call, text message or email using the contact details provided in the Covid-
19 Passenger Locator Form completed by the international passenger in order to provide
the international passenger with public health information relevant to the international
passenger concerned or general public health information in relation to Covid-19.
(2) Notwithstanding the generality of paragraph (1), a relevant person may, during a
relevant period, contact an international passenger whose place of residence is in Northern
Ireland, by way of telephone call, text message or email using the contact details provided in
the Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form completed by the international passenger in order to
provide the international passenger with public health information relevant to the
international passenger concerned.
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F29 [(3) A relevant person may, during a relevant period, contact a person referred to
in paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4 by way of telephone call, text message or email using the
contact details provided in the Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form completed by the person in
order to provide the person with public health information relevant to the person
concerned or general public health information in relation to Covid-19.
(4) Notwithstanding the generality of paragraph (3), a relevant person may,
during a relevant period, contact a person referred to in paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4
whose place of residence is in Northern Ireland by way of telephone call, text message or
email using the contact details provided in the Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form completed
by the person in order to provide the person with public health information relevant to the
person concerned.]
Amendment
F29 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 7.
Data protection
8. (1) Personal data provided on the Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form, or otherwise
provided to a relevant person under Regulation 6, may be processed by -
(a) the Minister for Health, the Health Service Executive, and one or more
relevant persons, for the purposes of -
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(i) F30 [ … ]
(ii) identifying, tracing and contacting of persons who have been in contact
with persons who have been diagnosed, or are suspected of having
been infected, with Covid-19,
F31 [(iia) recording and verifying information regarding whether or not a person -
(I) has a relevant test result (within the meaning of the Travel
Regulations),
(II) is a relevant traveller (within the meaning of the Travel
Regulations), or
(III) is an exempted traveller (within the meaning of the Travel
Regulations),]
(iii) recording information regarding the countries that an international
passenger F32 [or a person referred to in paragraph (2A) of Regulation
4] has visited in the 14 days before his or her arrival in the State, and
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(iv) providing public health information to an international passenger F33
[or a person referred to in paragraph (2A) of Regulation 4] in
accordance with Regulation 7,
and
F34 [(b) the Garda Síochána, where required for the purposes of the prevention,
detection, investigation or prosecution of a criminal offence arising from a
contravention of a provision stated to be a penal provision under these
Regulations, the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions)
(Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 4)
Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 44 of 2021) or the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -
Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State
from Certain States) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 F35 [(S.I. No. 135 of 2021)].]
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations the Minister for Health -
(a) is designated as data controller in relation to personal data processed for the
purposes of these Regulations, and
(b) shall put in place appropriate data processing contracts, where necessary,
with relevant persons processing personal data under these Regulations.
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(3) Subject to paragraph (4), personal data F36 [relating to a person] collected for the
purpose of these Regulations shall be permanently deleted no later than 28 days after the
date of arrival F37 [specified in respect of the person] on a Covid-19 Passenger Locator
Form.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), where personal data collected in accordance with
these Regulations are required for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection
or prosecution of a criminal offence, the data -
(a) may be processed for as long as they are required for such prevention,
investigation, detection or prosecution, and
(b) shall be permanently deleted after they are no longer required for such
prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution.
(5) Where, immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations,
personal data were being processed in accordance with Regulation 7(4) of the Regulations
of 2020, such data shall continue to be processed as if the Regulations of 2020 were still in
operation.
(6) In this Regulation –
F38 [“Act of 1947” means the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947);]
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“General Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with
regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and
repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
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;
“personal data” has the meaning it has in the General Data Protection Regulation;
“processing”, in relation to personal data, has the meaning it has in the General Data
Protection Regulation;
F39 [“Travel Regulations” means the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions)
(Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 5) Regulations
2021 (S.I. No. 135 of 2021).]
Amendments
F30 Deleted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 7(a).
F31 Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 7(b).
F32 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 8(a)(iii).
F33 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 8(a)(iv).
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OJ No. L 119, 4.5.2016, p.1
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F34 Substituted (26.03.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions)
(Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 5) Regulations
2021 (S.I. No. 135 of 2021), reg. 12.
F35 Substituted (12.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of
2021), reg. 8.
F36 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 8(b)(i).
F37 Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 8(b)(ii).
F38 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 8(c).
F39 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 8(c).
Editorial Note
Previous affecting provisions:
E4 Regulation 8(1)(a)(i) previously amended by:
Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-
19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of 2021),
reg. 8(a)(i)(i);
Deleted as per F30.
E5 Regulation 8(1)(a)(iia) previously inserted by:
Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements) (Covid-
19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of 2021),
reg. 8(a)(ii);
Substituted as per F31.
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F40 [Sharing of personal data
8A. (1) Subject to this Regulation, the Minister may, solely for the purpose specified
in paragraph (3), share relevant personal data with the body known in Northern Ireland as
the Public Health Agency (in this Regulation referred to as the “Agency”) in accordance with
an agreement in writing between the Minister and the Agency specifying the terms and
conditions applicable to such sharing.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall -
(a) designate the Agency as an independent data controller in relation to
the processing of relevant personal data shared by the Minister in
accordance with the agreement, and
(b) include such terms and conditions as are necessary to ensure that
appropriate safeguards are in place to minimise the effects of the
sharing of the relevant personal data on the rights of the data
subjects concerned.
(3) The purpose referred to in paragraph (1) is to assist the Agency in limiting the
spread of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland by enabling the Agency to -
(a) provide public health information to relevant international
passengers, and
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(b) identify, trace and contact relevant international passengers who
have been in contact with persons who have been diagnosed, or are
suspected of having been infected, with Covid-19.
(4) In this Regulation -
“relevant personal data” means personal data provided on a Covid-19 Passenger Locator
Form by a relevant international passenger;
“relevant international passenger” means an international passenger whose place of
residence as specified on the Covid-19 Passenger Locator form is in Northern Ireland.]
Amendment
F40 Inserted (12.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of
2021), reg. 9.
Transitional arrangements in relation to Covid-19 Passenger Locator Forms
9. Notwithstanding their revocation by Regulation 1(2), the Regulations of 2020 shall,
insofar as they relate to a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form within the meaning of the
Regulations of 2020 that was completed by an international passenger in accordance with
those Regulations, continue in operation for the relevant period in respect of the
international passenger concerned where he or she –
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(a) arrived in the State before the coming into operation of these Regulations, or
(b) arrives in the State during the period beginning on the 6th day of February
2021 and ending on the 10th day of February 2021.
F41 [Further transitional arrangements in relation to Covid-19 Passenger Locator Forms
10. Notwithstanding the amendments effected by the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A –
Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3)
Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 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. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of 2021), or
(b) arrives in the State during the period beginning on the 27th day of July 2021
and ending on the 9th day of August 2021.]
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Amendment
F41 Inserted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 9.
F42 [Additional transitional arrangements in relation to Covid-19 Passenger Locator Forms
11. Notwithstanding the amendments effected by the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A –
Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5)
Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 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. 5) Regulations 2021, or
(b) arrives in the State during the period beginning on the 9th day of November
2021 and ending on the 12th November 2021.]
Amendment
F42 Inserted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 8.
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F43 [Supplementary transitional arrangements in relation to Covid-19 Passenger Locator
Forms
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.]
Amendment
F43 Inserted (23.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 606 of
2021), reg. 4.
F44 [Further supplementary transitional arrangements in relation to Covid-19 Passenger
Locator Forms
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13. Notwithstanding the amendments effected by the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A –
Temporary Requirements) (Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations
2022 (S.I. No. 31 of 2022), 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) Regulations 2022, or
(b) arrives in the State during the period beginning on the 1st day of February
2022 and ending on the 4th day of February 2022.]
Amendment
F44 Inserted (01.02.2022) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 31 of 2022),
reg. 4.
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F45 [SCHEDULE
Passenger Locator Form COVID-19
Fields marked with * are required
* 1. Verification of contact details
A one-time passcode is issued by the electronic Passenger Locator Form (ePLF) system, using
contact details provided by the passenger. The passenger must enter this code in order to be
able to proceed with completing the online form.
* 2. Passenger Identity Details
If an adult passenger is including children on their passenger locator form, only the
passport number of the adult is recorded. Passport number is not mandatory for UK or
Irish Citizens travelling within the Common Travel Area (CTA).
*Are you a UK or Irish Citizen arriving from the United Kingdom?
Passport or National Identity Card number (EU/EEA Country only)
*First name
*Last name
*Date of birth
*Email address
*Your country mobile code
*Mobile Number
Additional information for each child who is accompanied by this adult:
*First name
*Last name
*Date of birth
*3. How are you arriving?
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By air
By sea
via Northern Ireland
*3a. Arriving by Air
*Carrier
*Flight number
*Departure Date from Country of Origin
*Country of Departure
*Arrival airport
*Arrival date
*Arrival Time
Seat number
Additional Countries visited in the last 14 days
For visitors to Ireland, please indicate your planned date of departure (if within 14 days of
arrival)
*Passengers must select whether they are:
Remaining in Ireland
In transit to Northern Ireland
In transit to a connecting flight
Are you on a day trip to Ireland and will not be staying overnight?
If remaining in Ireland
*Contact address whilst in Ireland?
*Address line 1
*Address line 2
Address line 3
*County
*Eircode
If in transit to Northern Ireland:
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*Address line 1
*Address line 2
Address line 3
*County
*Postcode
If in transit to a connecting flight:
*Connecting flight number
*3b. Arriving by Sea
*Sailing time
*Ferry company
*Country of departure
*Departure date from Country of Origin
*Arrival port
*Arrival date
*Arrival time
Additional Countries visited in the last 14 days
For visitors to Ireland, please indicate your planned date of departure (if within 14
days of arrival)
*Passengers must select whether they are:
Remaining in Ireland:
In transit to Northern Ireland
Are you on a day trip to Ireland and will not be staying overnight?
If remaining in Ireland:
*Contact address whilst in Ireland?
*Address line 1
*Address line 2
Address line 3
*County
*Eircode
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If in transit to Northern Ireland:
*Address line 1
*Address line 2
Address line 3
*County
*Postcode
3c. Arriving via Northern Ireland
*Date of arrival into Ireland
*Contact address whilst in Ireland?
*Address line 1
*Address line 2
Address line 3
*County
*Eircode
Additional Countries visited in the last 14 days
For visitors to Ireland, please indicate your planned date of departure (if within 14 days of
arrival)
*Passengers must select whether they are:
Remaining in Ireland
Are you on a day trip to Ireland and will not be staying overnight?
If remaining in Ireland
*Contact address whilst in Ireland?
*Address line 1
*Address line 2
Address line 3
*County
*Eircode
*4. Health Information
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Passengers are required to provide certain COVID-19 related health information to
facilitate targeted public health messaging to people arriving into Ireland and to facilitate
contact tracing. The following data is gathered:
Passengers are asked to choose from one of the following options:
Passenger has valid proof of vaccination against COVID-19
Passenger has relevant test result (PCR)
Passenger has valid proof of recovery from COVID-19 following a positive PCR test no
more than 180 days prior to arrival in Ireland.
Passenger is exempt from providing health information
If passenger declares they are fully vaccinated they will be required to provide the
following supporting information:
*Date of most recent vaccination
* Is this a booster vaccination or an additional dose? Boosters and additional doses are any
further doses of a COVID-19 vaccine received after the completion of the primary vaccine
series.
*Select name of most recent vaccination (vaccines accepted for travel to Ireland)
Please enter the most recent vaccine dose if you are travelling on the basis of a primary
vaccination series and:
• Have received mixed doses of vaccines accepted for travel to Ireland
• Received a single vaccine dose within 180 days of a positive PCR test result.
*Do you have an EU Digital COVID Certificate?
If passenger declares they are travelling with evidence of a pre-departure PCR Covid
test taken no more than 72 hrs prior to arrival, OR positive PCR Covid test result at
least 11 days prior to arrival (and no more than 180 days), they will be required to
provide the following supporting information
*I have received a COVID-19 PCR Test (tick-box)
*Date of test
*Time of test
*Country where passenger was tested
*Do you have an EU Digital COVID Certificate?
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If the passenger declares they have recovered from COVID-19 within 180 days prior
to arrival in Ireland, they will be required to provide the following supporting
information:
Date of positive test
Do you have an EU Digital COVID Certificate?
Do you have other valid proof of recovery?
If passenger declares they are exempt, they will be required to select from the
following categories of passengers who are exempt from Covid-19 public health
regulations:
Aircraft or maritime crew arriving in Ireland in the course of their duty.
A person travelling to Ireland pursuant to an arrest warrant, extradition proceedings or
other mandatory legal obligation.
A member of An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces or an equivalent body or
organisation travelling to Ireland in the course of performing his or her duties.
A person travelling to Ireland for an unavoidable, imperative, and time-sensitive
medical reason that is certified by a registered medical practitioner.
A person travelling for urgent humanitarian reasons, and who is in possession of a
written confirmation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
An office holder appointed under any Act, the Constitution or member of either House
of the Oireachtas or the European Parliament having performed these functions outside
the State
Children aged 11 and under, as they do not require a Covid-19 test
*5. Declaration
The passenger completing the PLF is reminded of the penalties that apply for committing
an offence under this regulation and is required to indicate the details provided are correct
and accurate. The passenger can review the form before pressing the submit button. A
new PLF can be submitted anytime up to the point of departure. The passenger must carry
the PLF receipt with them and present this to airline staff or handling agents responsible
for boarding aircraft or ferries.
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SCEIDEAL
Foirm Aimsithe Paisinéirí COVID-19
Ní mór réimsí atá marcáilte le * a chomhlánú
*1. Sonraí teagmhála a fhíorú:
Eisíonn an córas leictreonach um Fhoirm Aimsitheora Paisinéirí (ePLF) paschód
aonuaire, ag úsáid sonraí teagmhála a sholáthraíonn an paisinéir. Caithfidh an paisinéir
an cód seo a chur isteach d'fhonn a bheith in ann dul ar aghaidh leis an bhfoirm ar líne
a chomhlánú
*2. Sonraí céannachta paisinéara
Má tá páistí á gcur san áireamh ar fhoirm aimsitheora paisinéirí de dhuine fásta, ní
dhéantar ach uimhir phas an duine fásta a thaifeadadh. Ní sé éigeantach do
Shaoránaigh Éireannacha ná ón Ríocht Aontaithe atá ag taisteal laistigh den
Comhlimistéar Taisti (CT) uimhir phas a bheith acu.
*An Saoránach Éireannach nó ón Ríocht Aontaithe thú atá ag teacht ón RA?
Uimhir Phas nó uimhir Chárta Náisiúnta Aitheantais (Tíortha AE/LEE amháin)
*Céad ainm
*Sloinne
*Dáta breithe
*Seoladh ríomhphoist
*Do chód tíre
* Uimhir Fón Póca
Eolas breise do gach páiste atá ag taisteal leis an duine fásta seo:
*Céad ainm
*Sloinne
*Dáta breithe
*3. Conas atá tú ag teacht isteach:
Ar eitleán
Ar muir
Trí Thuaisceart Éireann
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*3a. Ag teacht ar eitleán
*Aerlíne
*Uimhir eitilte
*Dáta Imeachta ón tír bhunaidh
*Tír Imeachta
*Aerfort isteach
*Dáta teachta
*Am teachta
Uimhir shuíocháin
Tíortha breise ina rabhthas le 14 lá anuas
Maidir le cuairteoirí go hÉirinn, tabhair le fios do dháta imeachta beartaithe (más laistigh de
14 lá tar eís duit teacht isteach)
*Ní mór do phaisinéirí a roghnú má tá siad:
Ag fanacht in Éirinn
Ar an mbealach go dtí Tuaisceart Éireann
Ar an mbealach chun nasceitilt a fháil
An bhfuil tú ar thuras lae gan fanacht thar oíche a bheith mar rún agat?
Má tá tú ag fanacht in Éirinn
*Seoladh teagmhála don am a bheidh tú in Éirinn?
*Seoladh líne 1
*Seoladh líne 2
Seoladh líne 3
*Contae
*Éirchód
Má tá tú ar an mbealach go dtí Tuaisceart Éireann:
*Seoladh líne 1
*Seoladh líne 2
Seoladh líne 3
*Contae
*Éirchód/cód poist
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Má tá tú ar an mbealach chun nasceitilt a fháil:
*Uimhir nasceitilte
*3b. Ag teacht ar Muir
*Am seolta
*Cuideachta Farantóireachta
*Tír imeachta
*Dáta Imeachta ón tír bhunaidh
*Calafort isteach
*Dáta teachta
*Am teachta
Tíortha breise ina rabhthas le 14 lá anuas
Maidir le cuairteoirí go hÉirinn, tabhair le fios do dháta imeachta beartaithe (más
laistigh de 14 lá tar eís duit teacht isteach)
*Ní mór do phaisinéirí a roghnú má tá siad:
Ag fanacht in Éirinn:
Ar an mbealach go dtí Tuaisceart Éireann
An bhfuil tú ar thuras lae gan fanacht thar oíche a bheith mar rún agat?
Má tá tú ag fanacht in Éirinn:
*Seoladh teagmhála don am a bheidh tú in Éirinn?
*Seoladh líne 1
*Seoladh líne 2
Seoladh líne 3
*Contae
*Éirchód/cód poist
Má tá tú ar an mbealach to dtí Tuaisceart Éireann
*Seoladh líne 1
*Seoladh líne 2
Seoladh líne 3
*Contae
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*Éirchód/Cód poist
3c Ag teacht isteach trí Thuaisceart Éireann
*Dáta teachta na hÉireann
Tíortha breise ina rabhthas le 14 lá anuas
Maidir le cuairteoirí go hÉirinn, tabhair le fios do dháta imeachta beartaithe (más
laistigh de 14 lá tar eís duit teacht isteach)
*Seoladh teagmhála don am a bheidh tú in Éirinn?
*Seoladh líne 1
*Seoladh líne 2
Seoladh líne 3
*Contae
*Éirchód
*Ní mór do phaisinéirí a roghnú má tá siad:
Ag fanacht in Éirinn
An bhfuil tú ar thuras lae gan fanacht thar oíche a bheith mar rún agat?
Má tá tú ag fanacht in Éirinn
*Seoladh teagmhála don am a bheidh tú in Éirinn?
*Seoladh líne 1
*Seoladh líne 2
Seoladh líne 3
*Contae
*Éirchód
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
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Tá cruthúnas bailí téarnaimh ag paisinéir ó COVID-19 tar éis tástála PCR dearfach tráth
nach déanaí ná 180 lá roimh theacht go hÉirinn dó.
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:
*Dáta an vacsaínithe is deireanaí
*An vacsaín teanndáileoige é seo nó dáileog bhreise? Is éard atá i teanndáileoga agus
dáileoga breise ná aon dáileoga breise de vacsaín COVID-19 a fhaightear tar éis don
phríomhshraith vacsaíní a bheith críochnaithe
*Roghnaigh ainim an vacsaínithe is déanaí (vacsaíní a nglactar leo chun taisteal go
hÉirinn)
Iontráil an dáileog vacsaíne is déanaí, le do thoil, má tá tú ag taisteal ar bhunús
bunsraith vacsaínithe, agus;
• Fuair tú dáileoga measctha vacsaíní a nglactar leo chun taisteal go hÉirinn,
nó
• Fuair tú dáileog shingil laistigh de 180 lá tar éis duit toradh tástála dearfach
um Imoibriú Slabhrúil Polaiméaráise (PCR) a fháil.
*An bhfuil Teastas Digiteach AE COVID agat?
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 agat?
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?
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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.]
Amendment
F45 Substituted (01.02.2022) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 31 of 2022),
reg. 5 and Schedule.
Editorial note
E6 Previous affecting provisions:
Substituted (12.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 330 of
2021), reg. 10 and Schedule;
45
Substituted (27.07.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 386 of
2021), reg. 10 and Schedule;
Substituted (09.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 582 of
2021), reg. 9 and Schedule;
Substituted (23.11.2021) by Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Requirements)
(Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 606 of
2021), reg. 5 and Schedule;
Substituted as per F45.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
5 February, 2021.
STEPHEN DONNELLY,
Minister for Health.
