Donnelly clarifies traveller isolation rules and warns of clamp down on holidaymakers

Gardaí do not have the power to arrest potential holidaymakers and send them home but can fine people €500

The Government would look at introducing this power if people continued to go on holidays despite the fine, Stephen Donnelly added.

The health minister says people who come to Ireland from abroad to shared accommodation should isolate in their rooms, but the law can only tell them to stay at home.

Stephen Donnelly said the public health advice was that those who came into Ireland should stay in their room away from anyone they had not travelled with.