Ms Elizabeth Canavan:

We must be very clear that the European initiative is there to facilitate travel, not prevent it. No country is allowed to prevent anyone from travelling on the basis of whether they have a DCC. What countries can do have are domestic rules about public health restrictions and what they accept as verifiable proof. That is the difference between the two and that is what people have to be conscious of. The Re-open EU webpage is helpful in this regard. People can put in where they are coming from and where they are going and it will set out all the rules in detail as to what is accepted, what is not and the various quarantine, test or other rules that apply at the destination to which they are travelling. This is a highly volatile situation and it is very difficult for us to give definitive advice on any particular country on any given day. We ask people to make sure they check before they finalise their plans or travel to make sure they have everything they need.