David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise to Ms Canavan but I must stop her there. We have had Ministers say that the DCC is also being used for domestic purposes. We have had many people making queries about when they will receive their DCC but also about proof of recovery. We know that was one of the reasons the helpline was being set up, or at least it was one of the uses of the helpline. What Ms Canavan is saying that a number of weeks ago, when she and others first looked at this it was for travel purposes. However, because there have been discussions with industry we have known for a long number of weeks that it was going to be used for domestic purposes as well. What Ms Canavan stated earlier is that we based our assumptions on how many calls we would receive on international travel alone and not on people making inquiries about the certificate's use domestically. Does she then agree that it is no wonder the system was overwhelmed?