Plan to see Government pay for hotel quarantine stay for Erasmus students

Passengers arrive from Dublin Airport at the Dublin Airport Holiday Inn Express Hotel, wihich is one of the hotels being used for mandatory quarantine. File picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris is currently working on plans which would see the Government pay for the mandatory hotel quarantine stay for Erasmus students.

Currently, five EU member states are on the quarantine list and there had been concerns that some of the around 500 students affected would not be able to return home due to cost.