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S.I. No. 304 of 2021

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HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) (COVID-19) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) REGULATIONS 2021

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S.I. No. 304 of 2021

HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) (COVID-19) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) 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 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. 3) 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 - (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.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th June, 2021.

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SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 3A

(1) (2) (3) (4) Event Date or Location Maximum period number of persons

1. Shamrock Rovers 25th day of Stadium, 1,000 v Drogheda, June 2021 League of match

2. Athletics Ireland 26th day of , 400 National June 2021 Dublin Championships

3. Indoor concert 26th day of INEC, Kerry 200 June 2021

4. Race meeting 26th day of Curragh 1,000 June 2021 racecourse, Kildare

5. Ladies Gaelic 26th day of Croke Park, Dublin 4,000 Football June 2021 Association League Finals (Divisions 1 and 2)

6. Shelbourne v Cork 26th day of , Dublin 750 City, Women’s June 2021 National League match

7. Irish Open Golf Period Mount Juliet Estate, 2,500 per day Tournament beginning on Kilkenny (European Tour) the 1st day of July 2021 and ending on the 4th day of July 2021

8. Shamrock Rovers 2nd day of , 1,000 v Dundalk, July 2021 Dublin match 4 [304]

9. Ireland v Japan, 3rd day of , 3,000 international July 2021 Dublin rugby test match

10. Cork v Limerick, 3rd day of Semple Stadium, 2,400 Munster GAA July 2021 Tipperary Hurling Championship

11. Music Festival 3rd day of Royal Hospital 3,500 July 2021 Kilmainham, Dublin

12. Comedy 3rd day of Vicar Street, 250 performance July 2021 Dublin

13. Roscommon V 4th day of Dr. Hyde Park, 1,500 Galway, Connacht July 2021 Roscommon GAA Football Championship

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, 25 June, 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”.

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