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S.I. No. 438 of 2021

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HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) (COVID-19) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 12) REGULATIONS 2021

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S.I. No. 438 of 2021

HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) (COVID-19) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 12) REGULATIONS 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, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2021.

2. The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No.2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 217 of 2021) are amended by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for Schedule 3 to those Regulations.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th August, 2021.

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SCHEDULE “SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 3A

(1) (2) (3) (4)

Event Date or Location Maximum period number of persons

Music 26th day of Pearse Stadium, 1. 1,200 performance August 2021 Galway

UEFA Europa Conference 26th day of Tallaght 2. League play-off 3,500 August 2021 Stadium, Shamrock Rovers v FC Flora

Comedy 27th day of Pearse Stadium, 3. 1,200 performance August 2021 Galway

Waterford v The Regional Kilnamanagh, 27th day of 4. Sports Centre, 700 FAI Senior Cup August 2021 Waterford 2nd Round

Dundalk FC v St. Mochtas, FAI 27th day of , 5. 500 Senior Cup 2nd August 2021 Louth Round

Finn Harps v Derry City, FAI 27th day of , 6. 800 Senior Cup 2nd August 2021 Donegal Round

Cork City FC v St. Patrick’s 27th day of Turner's Cross, 7. Athletic, FAI 900 August 2021 Cork Senior Cup 2nd Round

UCD v Longford 27th day of UCD Bowl, 8. Town, FAI Senior 500 August 2021 Dublin Cup 2nd Round 4 [438]

Music 28th day of Pearse Stadium, 9. performance August 2021 Galway 1,200

All 10. Football Semi 28th day of Croke Park, Final August 2021 Dublin 24,000

Athlone Town v Athlone Town Treaty United, 28th day of 11. Stadium, 500 Women’s August 2021 Westmeath National League

Cork City v Shelbourne FC, 28th day of Turner’s Cross, 12. 900 Women’s August 2021 Cork National League

Wexford Youths v Peamount, 28th day of 13. 500 Women’s August 2021 ,Wexford National League

Galway Women’s v Bohemian FC, 28th day of Eamon Deacy 14. 800 Women’s August 2021 Park, Galway National League

2021 All Ireland Minor Football 28th day of 15. championships August 2021 O'Connor Park, Final Tullamore 1,800

Music 29th day of Pearse Stadium, 16. 1,200 performance August 2021 Galway

Ireland v Zimbabwe, 2nd 29th day of Clontarf CC, 17. 560 Cricket Test - T20 August 2021 Dublin International

All Ireland Camogie 29th day of Croke Park, 18. 7,000 Championship August 2021 Dublin Semi Finals

Bohemian FC v Shamrock 29th day of Dalymount 19. Rovers, FAI 400 August 2021 Park, Dublin Senior Cup 2nd Round [438] 5

31st day of August 2021 (one session) Iveagh Gardens, 1,500 per 20. Taste of Dublin Dublin session 1st day of September 2021 (2 sessions)

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, 25 August, 2021.

STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health.

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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” currently provided for under the Regulations, including a number of additional events.

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