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Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021

enactedIreland· Dáil Éireann· EN

Introduced

12 July 2021

Last action

21 July 2021 · Enacted

Status

Enacted

Sponsors

Minister for Health

Subjects

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11 September 2024

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1 official language
  • Irish

    An tAcht Sláinte (Leasú) (Uimh. 2), 2021

Summary

Act to— A. make, on a temporary basis, exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 and variants of that disease and in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effect of the spread of that disease; to amend the Health Act 1947 for that purpose; to provide for the lawful operation of certain indoor premises subject to certain conditions notwithstanding restrictions in place in relation to such premises under that Act; to provide, for those purposes, for a robust and enforceable system of verification of the health status of certain persons, including vaccination or recovery status; to confer a power on the Minister for Health to prescribe matters related to the foregoing; to provide for enforcement; and to provide for related matters; B. amend certain provisions relating to pre-travel requirements in respect of certain persons arriving in the State; to amend the period to be spent by a person in quarantine at a designated facility in certain circumstances; to make provision in relation to the power of the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to tests that may be taken for the purpose of detecting Covid-19 in the context of the requirement to quarantine at a designated facility and to confer a power on that Minister to prescribe the purpose for which such a test may be taken; to provide that quarantine at a designated facility shall not be required for certain persons arriving in the State in certain circumstances and to confer a power on the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to those circumstances; for those purposes, and for related purposes, to amend the Health Act 1947; and to provide for related matters.

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Timeline

  1. 12 July 2021

    Published

    Source: Dáil Éireann

  2. 12 July 2021

    First Stage

    Source: Dáil Éireann

  3. 14 July 2021

    Second Stage

    Source: Dáil Éireann

  4. 14 July 2021

    Committee Stage

    Source: Dáil Éireann

  5. 14 July 2021

    Report Stage

    Source: Dáil Éireann

  6. 14 July 2021

    Fifth Stage

    Source: Dáil Éireann

  7. 14 July 2021

    Second Stage

    Source: Seanad Éireann

  8. 16 July 2021

    Committee Stage

    Source: Seanad Éireann

  9. 16 July 2021

    Report Stage

    Source: Seanad Éireann

  10. 16 July 2021

    Fifth Stage

    Enacted

    Source: Seanad Éireann

  11. 21 July 2021

    Enacted

  12. 21 July 2021

    Enacted

    Enacted

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Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021

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  • Explanatory Memorandum

    pdf · EN · 12 July 2021

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  • Minister for Health · Minister for Health

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