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About half of people (53.7%) believe that people traveling to Ireland from ‘red’ regions should not be able to enter the country, according to research released today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
More than two in 10 respondents (22.9%) believe that passengers from ‘orange’ regions should not be able to enter the country and one in 10 people (10.3%) believe that passengers from regions’ Greens’ should not be able to enter Ireland.
On October 13, EU member states took a coordinated approach to travel restrictions in the context of Covid-19.
This ‘traffic light’ approach envisions that regions of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) (and the United Kingdom) are classified as green, orange, red or gray, depending on the associated risk levels. with Covid -19.
Source: Europa.eu
From November 29, passengers arriving in Ireland from the red regions can have the movement restriction lifted, if a Covid-19 test five days after arrival is negative.
One in six people surveyed (17.4%) agrees with this approach. A similar percentage (17.8%) believe that passengers in the red regions should restrict their movements for 14 days.
In accordance with the EU recommendation, there are no entry restrictions for passengers traveling from green regions. Just under 11% of respondents agree with this approach, but a similar percentage (10.3%) believe that passengers from green regions “should not be able to enter the country.”
Almost eight in 10 (78.9%) believe that passengers in green regions should be subject to some restrictions, such as a negative Covid-19 test before or after arrival or a movement restriction on arrival.
Source: CSO
The results released today belong to the fourth round of the CSO Survey on the Social Impact of Covid-19, for which 1,585 people were questioned online.
Topics covered in this post also include concerns respondents have regarding the celebration of Christmas and expectations around international travel.
Other findings include the following:
- More than half (53.9%) of those surveyed expect to take their next international flight before the end of 2021
- Just under 12% are concerned about not being able to pay for Christmas gifts
- Almost half of those surveyed (46.2%) expect to spend less on Christmas this year
- More than four in 10 (41.9%) are concerned about home confinement during the Christmas period
- One in five (21.1%) respondents said it would be ‘very unlikely’ or ‘unlikely’ to comply with restrictions that would prevent them from seeing family and friends during the Christmas period
International travel
More than one in two respondents (53.9%) expect to take their next international flight sometime before the end of 2021, while more than one in three (36.0%) expect their next flight to be ‘in sometime in 2022 ‘and 6.8% expect it to be in’ 2023 or later ‘.
Expectations around the next flight differed depending on whether the respondent has a family member living abroad.
More than six in 10 people (63.0%) with a direct relative living abroad expect to take their next international flight before the end of 2021, compared to more than four in 10 (43.5%) who they do not have a direct relative living abroad.
More than six in 10 men (62.4%) hope to catch their next flight before the end of 2021, compared to less than half of women (45.1%).
Expectations around Christmas
In relation to spending on Christmas this year, almost nine out of 10 (88.6%) surveyed reported that they expect to spend ‘less than last year’ (46.2%) or the same as last year (42.4 %). Fewer than one in 10 (9.4%) expect to spend “more than last year.”
Just under 12% of those surveyed worry that they will not be able to pay for Christmas gifts. Respondents living in rented homes are more likely to be concerned about the “inability to pay for Christmas gifts” (23%) compared to respondents living in owner-occupied homes (8.4%).
This fourth round of the survey was carried out between Thursday, November 12 and Wednesday, November 18, before the government announced that the country will move from Level 5 to Level 3 ‘with modification restrictions’.
When asked about their likelihood of meeting potential restrictions that would prevent them from seeing family and friends over Christmas, nearly three in five (57.5%) respondents reported that it was ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ that fully comply.
Just over one in five (21.3%) said they were not “sure”, while a similar proportion (21.1%) said it was “very unlikely” or “unlikely” that they fully comply with possible restrictions. .
Nearly two in three (65.3%) men reported that they would be ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ to comply compared to one in two (50.0%) women.
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Older respondents were more likely to indicate that they would comply with such restrictions, as more than eight in 10 (81.8%) aged 70 and over reported that they would be ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ to comply compared with four out of 10 (41.9%)) surveyed aged 18 to 34.
Almost three in four (74.5%) were concerned about ‘not being able to mingle with other homes or see friends or family during the Christmas period’ and more than half (54.2%) were concerned about ‘not being able to plan in advance, not knowing what restrictions will apply during the Christmas period.
Relative to other concerns about Christmas, men were more likely to be concerned about “ restaurant and bar closings for Christmas ” (25.3% compared to 15.2% of women), while that women were more likely to be concerned about “not being able to mix with other homes or see friends or family” (79.4% versus 69.4% of men).
Women were also more concerned about “domestic confinement during the Christmas period” (45.2% versus 38.6% for men).
Analysis by age shows that more than one in three (35.8%) respondents aged 70 and over and 31.6% aged 55 to 69 were concerned about ‘churches, places of worship closed during the Christmas period’, compared to 14.2% of respondents aged 18 to 34.
One in four (25.5%) of respondents aged 18 to 34 was concerned about “pubs and restaurants closed for Christmas,” compared to one in nine (11.0%) respondents aged 70 or more.
Three in 10 (31.1%) of the youngest respondents (aged 18 to 34) were concerned about the “ inability to access stores to buy Christmas gifts ”, compared to two in 10 ( 19.8%) of the older respondents (aged 70 or over).
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