RTÉ Courts Reporter
The High Court is to inquire into whether or not the detention of a woman who is in mandatory quarantine in a Dublin hotel is lawful.
The court agreed to hold the inquiry on Monday after lawyers for the Minister for Health conceded for the purposes of this case that the woman is in detention.
Inbar Aviezer, who is vaccinated against Covid-19 and has tested negative after arriving from Israel has taken a High Court action under Article 40 of the Constitution challenging what she says is her unlawful detention.
Senior Counsel Michael Cush told the High Court this morning the State would argue that the public health mandatory quarantine regime in its purpose and nature is triggered by a voluntary action and was fundamentally different from the type of detention that is normally challenged under Article 40 of the Constitution.
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The High Court will hold an inquiry to establish if the detention of a woman in hotel quarantine is lawful.
Inbar Aviezer is taking a case against the State claiming she s being unlawfully held at one of the facilities.
Ms Aviezer is currently in quarantine at the Holiday Inn at Dublin Airport since Wednesday after arriving on a flight from Israel.
Her lawyers say she is fully vaccinated and has presented two negative PCR COVID-19 tests.
They argue she is being held unlawfully under Article 40 of the Constitution.
In court today, Justice Senan Allen directed an inquiry to take place to establish if that is the case.
16 more countries added to mandatory hotel quarantine list
15:39 Saturday, 10 April 2021
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Passengers arriving from another 16 countries will have to stay in mandatory quarantine hotels.
The cabinet agreed to add countries including the US, Canada, France, Italy and Belgium to the list last night.
From next Thursday, passengers arriving from those countries will have to stay in a designated hotel for two weeks.
Albania, Israel and St Lucia have been removed and are no longer deemed high-risk.
The European Affairs Minister said there could be more changes to the mandatory hotel quarantine list over the coming weeks.
Minister Thomas Byrne said the list will be kept under constant review.