No new Covid-19 "variants of concern" in Ireland since mandatory hotel quarantine was introduced

HPSC data shows the number of cases of the Brazilian and South African strains peaked at around 30 at the end of March

It fell to zero in the last week of April, when the system was in place.

Nepal and Anguilla have been added to the hotel quarantine list - while 11 countries, including Austria and Italy, have been removed.

Sinn Fein's health spokesperson David Cullinane says any changes to the travel list should be based on risk:

"Obviously nobody wants to dim in place for any longer than is necessary. So, any countries which are run it obviously is based on public health advice, and based on minimising risk, and of course countries and which are removed, it's the opposite where maybe risk has been reduced in those countries and I think that's the sensible approach to take."