Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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195. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed expected timeframe in relation to the issuing of certificates for booster doses; if he will detail the technical specifications being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59315/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2014 of 17 November 2021 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1073 laying down technical specifications and rules for the implementation of the trust framework for the EU Digital COVID Certificate established by Regulation (EU) 2021/953 was adopted by the Commission on 17 November and published on 18 November in the Official Journal.

The technical specifications in this Implementing Decision relating to additional Covid vaccination doses are being considered, specifically the general rules concerning the value sets established to ensure interoperability on semantic level to allow uniform technical implementations for the EU Digital COVID Certificate, with a view to the issuing of certificates for booster doses.