Civil liberties concerns over ongoing Covid-19 restrictions

Executive Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Liam Herrick: 'The question for us is whether the Oireachtas wants to allow the Minister for Health to retain unlimited power to make regulations without consultation.'

Calls have been made for an end to the use of emergency Covid-19 powers that are not subject to legislative scrutiny and may restrict the personal freedoms and rights of citizens for at least another five months.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) raised concern over plans to roll over Covid-19 emergency powers, granted to the Minister for Health, until November, with the potential for a further three-month extension beyond that.