Current Covid-19 restrictions 'will be enough', says Donohue

The finance minister defended the measures in place as "really significant" and said that the "living Covid plan" introduced last year remains the framework for ending lockdowns

Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance, also said he does not yet know how much bringing in hotel quarantine will cost the state, and it will take a number of weeks to put in place. File Picture: Moya Nolan

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has defended the new Covid-19 restrictions announced earlier this week.

There have been rumblings in both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that the measures do not go far enough, however, Mr Donohoe disagrees, insisting they are sufficient.