Defence Forces staff will escort passengers to mandatory hotel quarantine, but soldiers will not be used to enforce the stay and will not be vaccinated beforehand. The system will use what were called 'small teams' of Defence Forces staff to escort passengers from the airports and ports to hotels. The Defence Forces will be the day-to-day state agency overseeing the operation of the quarantine. Mr Donnelly said passengers will be escorted from the plane through the airport before being passed to the Defence Forces. Defence Forces staff will escort buses of passengers, but these will be driven by staff from hotel group Tifco, which is providing a 'one-stop shop' for the facilities.

Source: Irish Examiner March 23, 2021 17:15 UTC