Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

That is correct. I do not believe that is going to be rectified. We are allowed under EU regulations to provide certification of vaccination for Irish citizens. We proactively extended this to our citizens in the North. On the technical operation of that, we have to reassure ourselves that the person being certified is an Irish citizen and on the database of valid passports. The Department of Health restricted the data in respect of which it interfaces with the Department of Foreign Affairs to those data concerning people who are 18 and over. The other part is to confirm and reassure ourselves that the vaccination certificate from the relevant jurisdiction — the North in this case although we have extended beyond that now — is also valid. Those are the two checks. Pending success in respect of both, we are in a position, under EU regulations, to issue the certificates. We would like to extend them to those under 18 but it is not possible with the approach we have adopted. It will be for 18 year olds and over in the diaspora.