Minister of State with responsibility for Skills and Further Education Niall Collins has said the mandatory hotel quarantine system in place is "acting as a huge deterrent" for people coming into the country.
Speaking on RTÉ's Saturday with Katie Hannon, Mr Collins said the current system was "robust" and that to include every country in the hotel quarantine list would be "an absolutely monumental task" for the State to undertake.
Mr Collins said the current mandatory quarantine system meant it would be a serious undertaking for someone travelling into Ireland with the level of cost attached.
On the issue of adding EU countries to the quarantine system list, Mr Collins said freedom of travel was an issue, adding that "there was no reason