Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion

Mr. Ivan Bassato:

With those 29 cases, the results were not immediately available and those people were mandated to isolate in their homes to wait for the PCR result if they were from the local area. If they were foreign or not resident in the local area, there was a hotel close to the airport where quarantine would have been mandated until receipt of the result from the PCR test. That normally comes the day after. The negative cases and the people connected to the person were kept in isolation until the PCR test results were received.

The Deputy asked about the digital green certificate. We are supporting our minister in all possible ways and actively discussing the matter. Although it is not official information, it seems there are plans to implement the first technical trial of a digital certificate before June but the full implementation of the certificate is expected in the second half of the year. We know we are not directly involved in that work but there is technical and information technology work ongoing in preparation for the implementation of the DGC. From the tourism and aviation industries, the expectation is the implementation will take place at the earliest opportunity.

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