Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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1725. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his Department or the Revenue Commissioners that manages the EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1424/22]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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1790. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the management of EU Digital COVID Certificates is being managed by the Revenue Commissioners rather than the Department of Health; the reason a PPS number is required for receipt of a recovery certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1836/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1725 and 1790 together.

The EU Digital COVID Certificate is a document which is issued to help facilitate the safe and free international movement of people across the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU Digital COVID Certificate is proof that you have either been vaccinated against COVID-19 or received a negative COVID-19 test result or recovered from COVID-19 in the last 6 months. 

My Department has worked collaboratively with partners across Government, including the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, to ensure that EU Digital COVID Certificates are easily accessible to support individual's right of freedom of movement across the EU. 

All information requested for the processing and issuing of a certificate is the minimum amount required.