Irish residents arriving into the country who have an alternative place to quarantine rather than a hotel should be able to do so if proper inspections are put in place, Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said.
It comes after the Government added 26 states to its mandatory hotel quarantine list yesterday but no further European Union countries were included.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, Mr Kelleher said countries that have a high prevalence of the Covid-19 variant first detected in South Africa pose a risk.
When countries are being added to the list it should be based on risk to public health as opposed to the impact it may have on travel issues or fundamental freedoms, he said.