A further 1,006 coronavirus cases have been confirmed this evening.
Meanwhile sadly another 54 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported.
The figures were announced by the National Public Health Emergency Team this evening.
It comes as the government has said it is examining plans to increase finse for residents who holiday abroad to €2000.
Pressure has been mounting on the government to implement hasher measures against foreign travel for fears of importing more cases into the country or worse, other variants.
Meanwhile Tanaiste Leo Varadkar ha said that he "can't promise" that there won't be another lockdown later this year.
The Fine Gael leader said that the Government is planning a "slow, cautious reopening", with Taoiseach Micheal Martin confirming previously that schools and construction likely to be the first sectors to reopen.
However, Mr Varadkar said on Wednesday that another lockdown cannot be ruled out, as we "don't know what next winter is going to look like".
Responding to members of the public who fear that we could be locked into a cycle of lockdowns, the Tanaiste told Radio Kerry: "Those of us in Government share that fear and share that concern, people have been through three lockdowns now and even people in business who are keen to get their shop or business back open would say to me that they don't want to reopen if they're just going to be told in three weeks time or four weeks time that they need to close again.
"And for that reason, as the Taoiseach said, any reopening will be conservative and cautious and will be sustainable."
