Government's mandatory hotel quarantine plans 'a day late and a dollar short'

Sinn Féin said the Government had reacted too late to Nphet's recommendation last May that discretionary elements of international travel should end. Picture: Brian Lawless

The Government's mandatory hotel quarantine plans are "a day late and a dollar short", the opposition has told the Dáil.

Sinn Féin's Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire said the Bill, which will mandate arrivals from 20 countries to stay at a designated facility for 14 days, "does not go far enough". He said the Government had reacted too late to Nphet's recommendation last May that discretionary elements of international travel should end.