Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Travel Restrictions

Mr. Colm Ó Conaill:

I am reading from data made available to us by Department of Justice and Equality colleagues. It is not our area, we are not collecting the data and we are not making the calls. It appears, from my understanding of the information we have been given, that one is dealing with calls being made to all non-exempt passengers. If passengers are exempt, and there are certain grounds for exemption, then they are exempt. If passengers are not exempt from the forms, then calls are made. Successful call rates are running at approximately 66%. The balance, obviously, are unsuccessful calls. A second call is made then, as Mr. Breslin mentioned, 12 days after entry to the State. That is the arrangement and they are the-----

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