Written answers

Thursday, 14 January 2021

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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230. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance in filling out the passenger locator forms on a weekly basis from 7 December 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. [2113/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The table below outlines the number of passenger locator forms completed between 7th December and 3rd January 2021.

Week commencing Number of completed Passenger Locator Form’s Number of valid Passenger Locator Forms Number of invalid/illegible  Passenger Locator Forms
7th December 32,826 28,349 3,312
14th December 58,901 51,093 6,352
21st December 29,257 26,867 2,138
28th December 32,348 29,538 2,508

Invalid paper forms may have illegible information including phone numbers or other essential information that is unclear and is required for follow-up. The paper form has been updated to an OCR form to improve legibility. Efforts continue to promote the use of the online form. 

There has been one incidence of non-compliance which was notified to the Garda National Immigration Board between 7th December 2020 and 3rdof January 2021.

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis since 7 December 2020; and the number of calls which were successfully answered on a weekly basis in tabular form. [2114/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The following table provides the total number of calls and the total number of successful calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis from 7thof December 2020 to 3rdof January 2021 inclusive. Where a passenger cannot be reached at first, further call attempts may be made.

Numbers of follow up calls made to passengers

Week commencing Number of follow up calls made to passengers Number of successful follow up calls to passengers
7th December 9,253 3,675
14th December 9,375 4,041
21st December 4,144 2,530
28th December 5,769 2,992

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