S.I. No. 304/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th June, 2021.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5 and 31A (inserted by section 10 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (No. 1 of 2020)) of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and -

• (a) having regard to the immediate, exceptional and manifest risk posed to human life and public health by the spread of Covid-19 and to the matters specified in subsection (2) of section 31A,

and

• (b) having consulted with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,

hereby make the following regulations:

1.

2.

• (a) in Regulation 3A -

• (i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “date, or during the period,” for “date”, and

• (ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “number of persons (which, in the case of an event taking place over a period of more than one day, may include a number of persons per day)” for “number of persons”,

and

• (b) by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for Schedule 3 to those Regulations.

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 3A

	(1) Event	(2) Date or period	(3) Location	(4) Maximum number of persons
1.	Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda, League of Ireland match	25th day of June 2021	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin	1,000
2.	Athletics Ireland National Championships	26th day of June 2021	Morton Stadium, Dublin	400
3.	Indoor concert	26th day of June 2021	INEC, Kerry	200
4.	Race meeting	26th day of June 2021	Curragh racecourse, Kildare	1,000
5.	Ladies Gaelic Football Association League Finals (Divisions 1 and 2)	26th day of June 2021	Croke Park, Dublin	4,000
6.	Shelbourne v Cork City, Women’s National League match	26th day of June 2021	Tolka Park, Dublin	750
7.	Irish Open Golf Tournament (European Tour)	Period beginning on the 1st day of July 2021 and ending on the 4th day of July 2021	Mount Juliet Estate, Kilkenny	2,500 per day
8.	Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk, League of Ireland match	2nd day of July 2021	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin	1,000
9.	Ireland v Japan, international rugby test match	3rd day of July 2021	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	3,000
10.	Cork v Limerick, Munster GAA Hurling Championship	3rd day of July 2021	Semple Stadium, Tipperary	2,400
11.	Music Festival	3rd day of July 2021	Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin	3,500
12.	Comedy performance	3rd day of July 2021	Vicar Street, Dublin	250
13.	Roscommon V Galway, Connacht GAA Football Championship	4th day of July 2021	Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon	1,500

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 June, 2021.

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 amend the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2021 ) to make amendments to the list of “Scheduled Events”.