Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree. We are back to easy-to-use systems which deal with security and privacy. It makes sense that it is owned by the State rather than subcontracted to a third party, while accepting that third parties will have the technical capacity to be part of the build and the maintenance. That is a different kettle of fish. I add my voice to what was said earlier, that if we are looking at creating better circumstances regarding anonymous accounts on Facebook and Twitter, the eIDAS infrastructure could provide a means to facilitate them to do it while also requiring an element of leverage from the Government and the EU. That should happen anyway. I do not think anyone would dispute that.

This is something which is often thrown at me. While I have Mr. Lowry here, can he detail some of the issues which have arisen in getting the digital Covid certificate portal online for people who are living in the North and those who are living in the South and were vaccinated in the North. My understanding is we are nearly there. If I was to take a guess, I would say that service will be open for those two cohorts this week. Can Mr. Lowry explain? I would very much appreciate if he could give an absolute timeline.