Still no decision on cancelling mandatory quarantine for the vaccinated

Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been tasked with looking at the exemption for vaccinated people and providing a recommendation to the Government

Travellers enter the Crowne Plaza hotel, Santry, near Dublin Airport, for mandatory quarantine. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The Government is still deciding whether or not to cancel mandatory hotel quarantine for vaccinated people.

The cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss the issue amid pressure from the business sector and after a number of court challenges from people fully vaccinated but ordered to stay in a designated hotel for 12 days.