Written answers
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Department of Health
Vaccination Programme
Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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1628. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain batches of a vaccine (details supplied) as administered by the NHS in the UK are deemed to be acceptable as a second vaccination in terms of being issued with an EU Digital COVID Certificate and other batches were excluded; if he will now backdate previously excluded batches to be included for the purpose of issuing certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1136/22]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The EU Digital COVID Certificate is a document issued to help facilitate the safe and free international movement of people across the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation allows for the issuing of certificates based on vaccination to citizens vaccinated in a third country provided that the issuing Member State has been provided with reliable proof of vaccination.
Ireland has developed an EU Digital COVID Certificate Third Country portal which is currently accessible to all eligible Irish passport holders vaccinated partially or completely outside of the EU. This portal is available at www.covidcertificateportal.gov.ie
This portal will accept applications from individuals who are 18 years of age and older, hold a valid Irish passport, and a reliable proof of vaccination for a vaccine type currently authorised for use in Ireland.
Current vaccine types authorised for use in Ireland include Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca, Janssen, Coronavac (Sinovac), Sinopharm, and Covaxin.
Individuals requiring additional help can call the dedicated helpline on 1800 807 008 or +353 1 903 6457 from outside Ireland
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