'Silly row' over hotel quarantining has stopped countries being added to list, says Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin TD Louise O'Reilly has called for a 'more collective effort' and says the party believes the list should be extended

Officials in the Departments of Health and Foreign Affairs are currently working on extending the number of countries that are subject to mandatory quarantine after France, Germany, and Italy were left off an updated list last week. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

The Government has been accused of getting involved in a "silly row" over hotel quarantining which has stopped countries being added to the list.

No additions to the mandatory quarantining list are expected until at least next week when the Cabinet meets.