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The Northern Ireland Secretary of State has said he expects the Irish government to exempt British travelers from quarantine requirements.
Brandon Lewis’s comments come a day after he claimed that the 14-day quarantine period for people arriving in the state from Britain was under review.
That claim was quickly rejected by a spokesman for the Irish government, who said there is no review.
People traveling to the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland have been exempted from their proposed period of self-isolation for international travelers by the British Government due to the Common Travel Area.
Brandon Lewis today told the BBC in Northern Ireland that he spoke to Tánaiste and Foreign Minister Simon Coveney about the matter and hopes that both governments will apply the rules in a similar way.
“I had a conversation with Simon Coveney about it last Saturday,” he said.
“And I hope the result sees how they can execute this control area in a similar way.”
“But that is a matter for the Irish government to make a decision about what is right for them and what is right for the Republic of Ireland.”
“For us, we believe that the right, logical and appropriate thing was to exempt the Common Travel Area.”
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