Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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So there will be a difficulty if someone is expecting a digital Covid certificate for flying.
I will move on to the issue of the verifier app. We were told yesterday, I believe it was by Maeve Brett from the Department of Justice, that airlines are the only show in town that will be operating this in the near future and that there may be difficulties in trying to operate such an app for inside dining. Forgetting the rights and wrongs of the system the Government is talking about, operationally it is difficult to see how the system can actually operate unless the verifier app is given to people who are operating in the hospitality scenario. Otherwise, there is no proper verification process. I do not think I am wrong on this, or am I?