The HSE says it was aware of a Covid-19 case at a hotel in Dublin whose residents were later moved to the former Skellig Star hotel in Caherciveen, but representatives told the Oireachtas they do not believe this case and the first case at the Kerry hotel are linked.

Asylum seekers who say they are "trapped" in Covid-19 infested direct provision centres can isolate at a Dublin hotel instead, the National Public Health Emergency Team said.