Under regulations introduced by Government the 5km travel restriction has been abolished except for exercise but you can’t visit a graveyard even if it’s next door to your home.
But this new law is a complete contradiction to what is presently set out under Level 5 on the Governments website.
Because of these contradictions it is now legal to go to Belmullet to pick up a prescription but you can’t visit a graveyard even if it’s next door to you.
Government needs to get its act together immediately
see my full contribution here: https://youtu.be/hnYABr7AWCA
See the contradictions here:
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
S.I. No. 448 of 2020 https://assets.gov.ie/93456/96b8b3b1-5293-42f6-9cfa-080e7bbf3fdd.pdf
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HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A – TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) (COVID-19) (NO. 8) REGULATIONS 2020
Restrictions of movement of relevant persons in relation to travel from place of residence
- (1) An applicable person shall not leave his or her place of residence without reasonable excuse.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of what constitutes a reasonable excuse for the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse for travelling or moving includes travelling or moving in order to –
(x) exercise, within a 5 kilometre radius of the person’s place of residence,
Ireland is at Level 5 from Gov.ie website
Domestic travel restrictions https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/2dc71-level-5/
Stay at home.
Exercise within 5 kilometres of home.
There will be a penalty for movement outside 5 kilometres of home, with the following exceptions:
- travel to and from work, where work involves providing an essential service
- to attend medical appointments and collect medicines and other health products
- travel to attend disability day services
- for food shopping
- to take school aged children to permitted training as provided for in the Exercise and Sporting section above
- for vital family reasons, such as providing care to children, elderly or vulnerable people, and in particular for those who live alone but excluding social family visits
- for farming purposes, that is food production or care of animals
- to attend a wedding or funeral
- to visit a grave