I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 285 together.
My Department has no role in controls at ports and airports in respect of contacting and monitoring travellers entering Ireland.
This role is performed by the Department of Justice and Equality: at Dublin airport, by the Border Management Unit and at other points of entry from overseas by the Garda. Follow-up telephone calls with passengers are conducted by the Border Management Unit.
It was never envisaged or agreed that my Department would assume or perform responsibilities in relation to follow-up telephone calls being made to arriving passengers.
While it had been envisaged that the HSE might assume responsibilities for conducting such follow-up telephone calls, the DAA is now taking forward work to establish and operate a call centre to perform this work. It is still envisaged that checks will still be conducted at points of entry in relation to the completion by arriving passengers of the electronic passenger locator form, when this new e-form is introduced in August.
The Government is committed to strengthening the existing measures for monitoring passengers who arrive into Ireland given the risks associated with international travel.