Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion

Ms Elizabeth Canavan:

First, it is worth emphasising that the main check, which is in line with the EU guidance, will be done at the point of departure. It will be done by the carriers. There will be some spot checks carried out. I will ask my colleague, Ms Brett, to comment on that. In relation to fraud, the whole idea behind the digital Covid certificate is that it is a verifiable mechanism that is shared across the EU through an EU process that verifies the QR code as valid. It will be attached to rules for a given country. As for validation, the minimum we would expect of a person who is producing a QR code is that the name on that certificate will need to match the passport, for example. Could Ms Brett say more about the spot checks?