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Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (No. 1 of 2020).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act, to make exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 and in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effect of the spread of the disease known as Covid-19, to amend the Health Act 1947 to confer a power on the Minister for Health to make regulations prohibiting or restricting the holding of certain events or access to certain premises and to provide for enforcement measures; to provide for powers for certain medical officers of health to order, in certain circumstances, the detention of persons who are suspected to be potential sources of infection with the disease known as Covid-19 and to provide for enforcement measures in that regard; and to confer on the Minister for Health the power to designate areas as areas of infection of Covid-19 and to provide for related matters; to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts to provide for amendments in relation to entitlement to illness benefit for persons who have been diagnosed with, or are a probable source of infection with the disease known as Covid-19; and to provide for amendments in relation to jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s allowance to mitigate the economic effects of the spread of the disease known as Covid-19; and to provide for related matters.
Subject
General
Keyword
Hazards Early warning system Public health Social protection
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act provides for emergency measures aimed at minimising the risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the COVID-19 virus. It also seeks to mitigate certain economic effects of the emergency. The Act amends the Health Act 1947, to stengthen powers of the Minister to make Regulations. It also provides for the amendment and extension of the Social Welfare Acts in respect of entitlement to illness benefit for persons who have been diagnosed with or are a probable source of infection of the COVID-19 virus and to provide for amendments in relation to both Jobseeker’s Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance to mitigate the economic effects of the spread of the virus.

Full text
English
Website
www.irishstatutebook.ie

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 121 of 2020).

Legislation | Ireland | 2020

Keyword: Hazards, Early warning system, Public health, Social protection, Energy conservation/energy production, Pollution control, Food security, Internal trade, Vending, Forest management/forest conservation, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal production, Waste management, Water supply, Sewerage, Protected area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX