Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a question on the quality of information, which Ms Canavan mentioned a number of times. I have heard some concerns from people that the HSE had a particular first name for a person, for example, or a name in Irish but it is different on a passport. Will that be an issue for people or would such problems be resolved in the generation of the QR code?

There are efforts to generate QR codes based on the information provided and clear figures have been given on how the certificates will be sent, with 160,000 to be sent by post and 1 million by email. The Tánaiste has said that most people who want a digital Covid certificate by 19 July will have it but how close to 100% will we get? Will we reach 80% or 90%? Is there a figure in mind?

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