Delays to quarantine plans are 'potentially calamitous', says Alan Kelly

Mandatory 14-day quarantine in hotels will be introduced for arrivals from 'high-risk areas' such as South America and South Africa and those arriving without a negative PCR test from other countries. Picture: Brian Lawless

Labour party leader Alan Kelly has described the Government’s mandatory quarantine plan as “crazy” and “potentially calamitous”.

New legislation on hotel quarantine will be needed following the Government's restrictions on travel, the Cabinet has been told.