Officials from the island are engaged in discussions with the Irish government over improved border access.

The Republic of Ireland, like many countries, is requiring arrivals to quarantine when they arrive in the country.

Currently, arrivals from all countries aside from Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Slovakia (the green list), are required to isolate for 14 days. This includes all arrivals from the Common Travel Area including Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, but not Northern Ireland.

Speaker Juan Watterson asked the Chief Minister what progress is being made in the island being added to the green list.

Howard Quayle said: ’At the current time, the Isle of Man is not included on the list of these locations and Isle of Man residents travelling to Ireland are therefore required to observe Ireland’s restrictions to movement on arrival.

’We understand that the list is reviewed fortnightly based on relevant advice. Officials from the Cabinet Office are engaged with the Irish Government to discuss the Isle of Man’s inclusion in future iterations of the green list.’

Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced Germany and Poland had been added to the green list and that Ireland will be part of the EU wide traffic light system from October.

A spokesman for the Irish Government told the Manx Independent: ’As the Taoiseach confirmed we will be aligning our travel advice with the EU Commissions once it has been approved at EU level in October.

’In the interim an announcement on the changes to the ’green list’ will be made later in the week in accordance with the government decision today and will come into effect from Monday, September 21.’