Written answers
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Department of Health
Covid-19 Pandemic
Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party)
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2711. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of a valid proof of vaccination for passengers arriving from non-EU/EUA countries such as the United States of America; if passengers who have been vaccinated with vaccines not yet approved in the EU will be considered as vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38838/21]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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For the purposes of travel to Ireland, including from the USA, passengers are considered vaccinated if they have been vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency with recommended number of days after the final dose, see table below.
| A full course of any one of the following vaccines | Regarded as vaccinated after: |
|---|---|
| 2 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Vaccine: BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®) | 7 days |
| 2 doses of Moderna Vaccine: CX-024414 (Moderna®) | 14 days |
| 2 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine: ChAdOx1-SARS-COV-2 (Vaxzevria® or Covishield) | 15 days |
| 1 dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Vaccine: Ad26.COV2-S [recombinant] (Janssen®) | 14 days |
Other than a Digital COVID Certificate issued for a full course of EMA approved vaccinations, valid proof of vaccination means a record or evidence in written or electronic form in English or Irish or an official translation into Irish or English which contains the following
-confirmation that the person to whom the record or evidence refers is a vaccinated person
-the date or dates on which the person was vaccinated
-the body in the state concerned implementing the vaccination programme (howsoever described) on behalf of the state that administered or caused to be administered the vaccination to the person concerned.
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