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• (o) adoption services under the Adoption Act 2010 (No. 21 of 2010);

• (p) services provided to victims;

• (q) services, including regulation services, provided by, and activities of, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Investor Compensation Company DAC (otherwise known as the Investor Compensation Company Limited) and the National Treasury Management Agency;

• (r) any other service provided, or function performed, by a public body (within the meaning of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (No. 5 of 2019)), where the provision of the service or performance of the function is necessary to support or manage -

• (i) other essential services, or

• (ii) the response of the State to the spread of Covid-19;

• (s) Driver Testing Services provided by the Road Safety Authority for the purposes of section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) for people involved in the provision of essential services or essential retail outlets;

• (t) Driving instruction provided by instructors on the Register of Approved Diving instructors, established under Part 3 of the Road Traffic (Driving Instructor Licensing) (No.2) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 203 of 2009 ), where the person receiving instruction has a booking reserved to undergo a test for the purposes of section 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961).

Human health and social work activities

• (a) hospital services;

• (b) therapy services provided by a member of a designated profession within the meaning of section 3 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (No. 27 of 2005);

• (c) services relating to public health, including services relating to -

• (i) the identification, tracing and contacting of persons who have been in contact with persons who have been diagnosed, or are suspected of having been infected, with Covid-19, and

• (ii) the testing of persons for Covid-19;

• (d) laboratory services;

• (e) drug treatment and addiction services;

• (f) hospice services;

• (g) pharmacy services;

• (h) primary care and general and specialist medical practice activities;

• (i) dental services;

• (j) blood donation and related services;

• (k) tissue or organ donation and related services;

• (l) residential care services (including nursing care, mental health and substance abuse services, services for elderly persons and persons with disabilities) and children’s residential services;

• (m) homecare, home help and other health services in the community;

• (n) social work and social care services, (including disability services, mental health services, child protection and welfare services, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services) and homeless services including homeless outreach services;

• (o) paramedical, ambulance and pre-hospital care services;

• (p) services provided by minor injury units;

• (q) maternity services;

• (r) health and social work services;

• (s) food safety and environmental services;

• (t) regulated childcare services and the care of children for persons providing essential services.

Education

• (a) primary and post primary school;

• (b) higher and further education, insofar as onsite presence is required and such education activities cannot be held remotely.

Community and voluntary services

• (a) services not otherwise specified in this Schedule, provided by community and voluntary workers, as part of a publicly commissioned service, deployed to assist in the delivery of essential services;

• (b) volunteer services operating under the local authority emergency management framework in accordance with public health guidance.

Diplomatic missions and consular affairs

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 October, 2020.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations revoke the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 6) Regulations ( S.I. No. 413 of 2020 ). These Regulations provide for temporary restrictions on a range of indoor and outdoor events, along with temporary restrictions on access by the public to a range of businesses and services. They also provide for temporary restrictions on travel. Counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan are Relevant Counties for the purposes of these Regulations, and are subject to a higher degree of restrictions. The Regulations remain in operation until 9 November 2020.

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