Passengers travelling to the Republic of Ireland have a new set of travel restrictions to observe to enter the country.
Vaccine certificates from the primary vaccination series will not be accepted for travel if more than 270 days have passed since the final dose in the primary vaccine series. Vaccine certificates based on the booster or additional doses are not time limited for entry to Ireland.
The standard acceptance period of 14 days after the final dose in a primary vaccine series listed below will be required for all vaccines accepted for travel to Ireland.
Note: booster/additional doses are not subject to an acceptance period.
For the purposes of travel, passengers are considered vaccinated if they have been vaccinated with a product listed below after the recommended number of days after the final dose in the primary vaccine series, see table below.
From February 1, travellers are considered vaccinated after:
2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty). 14 days.
2 doses of Moderna Vaccine: CX-024414 (Moderna). 14 days.
2 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine: ChAdOx1-SARS-COV-2 (Vaxzevria or Covishield). 14 days.
1 dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Vaccine: Ad26.COV2-S [recombinant] (Janssen). 14 days.
2 doses of Coronavac (Sinovac). 14 days.
2 doses of Sinopharm BIBP. 14 days.
2 doses of Covaxin. 14 days.
2 doses of Novavax (Nuvaxovid). 14 days.
A heterologous (mixed) dose of any of the above vaccines. 14 days.
A single dose of any of the above vaccines administered within 180 days of a positive RT-PCR test result. The traveller must hold proof of the positive test and the vaccine dose. 14 days.
The standard acceptance period of 14 days after the final dose in a primary vaccine series will be required for all vaccines accepted for travel to Ireland.
Passengers to Ireland with an accepted proof of vaccination, or proof of recovery from COVID-19 in the prior six months do not have to show an additional pre-departure COVID-19 test result.
Passengers without proof of vaccination, or proof of recovery from COVID-19 in the prior six months, must show evidence of a negative PCR test result taken within the 72 hours prior to arriving in Ireland. Only PCR test results are accepted for passengers to Ireland.
In situations where a person is unable to present evidence of a negative PCR test prior to travel, due to a continuing, persistent, positive result after infection, then a positive PCR result from a test taken 11 or more days prior to the date of arrival in Ireland, and no more than 180 days prior to the date of arrival, will be accepted.
It is an offence to travel to Ireland from overseas without a pre-departure test result unless exempt – a passenger who travels without a test result or an exemption is required to take a PCR test within 36 hours following arrival.
Before travel all passengers will need to have filled in a Passenger Locator Form (PLF).
