Mr. Pat Dawson:

The digital certificate must be uniform and it must be rolled out everywhere at the same time. We do not want to see Ireland again being an outlier. We have been outliers in respect of international travel. Of course, we take the health situation into consideration. However, we want to avoid using traffic lights which may change, leaving people stuck away on holidays, without insurance and what not. It must be uniform.

We see flags with some Government statements regarding the six- or eight-week parameter that is now supposed to happen. We get the sense that Ireland might stretch this out to 12 or 14 weeks. Now is the time to get ready. It is a big task to get ready. This flag has been raised for many months.

It may have been announced by the EU only a couple of days ago and agreed with it. We need action as soon as possible. We do not want the Government deviating and being an outlier. As Mr. Hackett said, it is not a pick and mix. One is either in or out and we fear Ireland may be dodging this and trying to put back inbound and outbound travel, which the country cannot afford.