Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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616. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1470 of 3 November 2020, the number of HSE staff currently redeployed to the testing and tracing system from other areas of the health service; the number from each specialty redeployed in tabular form; the additional breakdown of specialties for those redeployed from the health and social care professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43464/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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617. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance in filling out the passenger locator forms on a weekly basis from 26 October 2020; the number of forms which were correctly and incorrectly completed on a weekly basis, respectively; and the number of persons that refused to fill out the form on a weekly basis in tabular form. [43465/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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There is a legal requirement on passengers arriving into Ireland to complete the passenger locator form.

There have been six incidences (totalling 11 persons) reported whereby incoming passengers have refused to complete the COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form as of 18 November.

The minority of incoming passengers who do not comply with the requirement, and any failures or refusals to complete a passenger locator form are referred to An Garda Síochána for engagement and any necessary enforcement. The table outlines the number of passenger locator forms which were completed correctly and where the data on the form was not completed correctly due to the information being invalid or illegible.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis from 26 October 2020; and the number of calls which were successfully answered on a weekly basis in tabular form. [43466/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Incoming travellers from countries with elevated incidence rates are contacted to verify the place of address provided on the form. Several categories of travellers are exempt from completing the COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form, such as those transiting directly to Northern Ireland and essential transport workers. Travellers receive an interactive text message requesting that they verify their place of address submitted on the COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form. Follow-up phone calls are made to those that do not respond or have changed place of address.