Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

In short, the EU certificate only applies to the suite of vaccines approved by the EMA. Vaccines not on that list would not count towards vaccination status under the EU system. Regarding third-country equivalence, as the Deputy is aware, Switzerland has an EU-level equivalence. Some 40 other countries are discussing this matter with the EU and have submitted applications for equivalence decisions, so I expect there will be quite a bit of development in this area. As Ms Canavan said, it is best that this process is done at EU level, but we do have discretion to recognise appropriate certificates.