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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 3218. To ask the Minister for Health when an EU Digital COVID Certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40848/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee this morning. Like everybody else, I recognise the enormity of the job they have in hand. We should acknowledge and compliment them on taking on the job, notwithstanding that there were a number of glitches, as that was to be expected. We acknowledge the magnitude of their task. It is not that we want to deliberately poke holes in what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: How then can we prevent a repetition? Is it possible to identify countries well in advance so that a tourist from Ireland intending to travel to some other country can see at a glance that there are problems here and that it is not the same and he or she can go to another country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is it possible to update and streamline the helpline? When we get to a situation where the helpline becomes a need, in so far as the traveller is concerned, can we separate out the ones that require to be dealt with instantly or refer them to a position where they can be dealt with? We hear stories of people waiting for between half an hour and three or four hours. That should not happen....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: We heard that the system information and system problem areas are updated on a on a six-hourly basis. Can that be improved upon? I would think that six hours is at the outer extremity of the tolerance of what would be expected in a situation like this. Six hours could quickly become 12, depending on the time of day in which the update took place. Instead of an update occurring every six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: One of one of the witnesses mentioned that updates occur every six hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: My query is about the information that is updated every six hours. Could it be updated every three hours? What would be the benefits of an update every three hours? I suspect that they would be considerable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I accept that, but my question remains. There is an update every six hours. The problems of reinterpretation or new interpretations of regulations or recognition-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: -----every six hours. Can the system be improved upon by updating it every three hours?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: We can point out to all other countries that it is helpful to have accurate and reliable updates. Incidentally, the opening statement Ms Canavan circulated is 17 pages long. There is a lot of information contained in that document, yet it does not contain all the minutiae that are both available and necessary. My broader point is that, for everyone concerned, the document will eliminate a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Like others, I congratulate and thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the Ceann Chomhairle, Oireachtas staff in the House, our office staff and members of An Garda Síochána, who were directing traffic outside the House when it was almost 3 a.m. It was a challenging time for everybody and everyone should take a bow on having successfully concluded the past 18 months. I raise the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ongoing proposals and initiatives required arising from the impact of Covid-19 in all areas of the country, urban and rural; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38180/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent have the various schemes available to the Minister been made available throughout the country in connection with Covid? To what extent does she continue to review the progress of those schemes, with the possibility of intervention at a later stage if necessary?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. How are the various projects progressing and being taken up? Is there a further requirement to revisit these schemes in light of the impact of Covid? To what extent are the current proposals and provisions deemed sufficient to meet the requirements in full?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Can the Minister of State indicate whether, based on his observations and ongoing dialogue with the various groups concerned in County Kildare and elsewhere in the country, there is a greater need for further intervention in specific areas?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that the combination of Brexit and CAP reform will not negatively impede the development and viability of the agrifood export sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38178/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to raise the possible double negative impact of Brexit and the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, to try to ensure the future viability of the agrifood production sector and our exports.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his substantive reply. Does he remain satisfied that the negotiations on compliance with revised UK standards will be resolved to the satisfaction of the industry here? Is he satisfied that the steps being taken by the industry are sufficient to ensure the future viability of the sector, with particular reference to employment in our respective constituencies?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State again. Is he satisfied that there is in his Department a quick-response system that will identify the issues as they arise and attempt to clarify outstanding difficulties to ensure the streamlined continuity of exportation from the point of view of industry here and given the importance of the industry in the aftermath of Covid and the need for the economic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (15 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he foresees the continued viability for the agri-food business notwithstanding the meeting of carbon reduction targets; his proposals for mutual coexistence of one with the other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38179/21]