Questions raised over legality of mandatory quarantine for EU citizens

 Defence Forces personnel awaiting flights to escort passengers to their mandatory hotel quarantine at Dublin Airpor. Picture: Colin Keegan

A proposal to more than double the number of countries on Ireland's mandatory quarantine list is in doubt after the Attorney General raised concerns with the Health Minister.

It is understood that Paul Gallagher wrote to Stephen Donnelly on foot of a recommendation from the Travel Expert Advisory Group, which said the current list of 33 countries be more than doubled, with 43 countries added to the list.