Covid-19 Pandemic

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 November 2020

Thursday, 19 November 2020

Questions (293, 294)

Michael McNamara

Question:

293. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if, arising from the recommendation on a co-ordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic arising from the European Council meeting of 13 October 2020, Ireland will provide data to the European Centre for Disease Control on specific areas or regions on the State in respect of the extent to which they are affected by Covid-19, rather than only in respect of the entire territory of the State. [37516/20]

Michael McNamara

Question:

294. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the specific areas or regions of the State in respect Ireland will provide data to the European Centre for Disease Control to give effect to the recommendation on a co-ordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic arising from the European Council meeting of 13 October 2020 that member states apply those restrictions to persons coming from specific areas or regions of the State particularly affected rather than to the entire territory of Ireland. [37517/20]

Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 294 together.

Ireland provides data to the ECDC based on NUTS regions. For the purpose of mapping in the context of EU Council Recommendation 2020/1475, the ECDC publishes data by NUTS2 regions for Ireland.

There are three NUTS2 regions in Ireland, these being Northern and Western, Southern, Eastern and Midland.  The boundaries of NUTS2 regions align with both NUTS3 regions and county boundaries, shown in the attached table.

NUTS2 Code	NUTS 2 Name	NUTS3 Code	NUTS 3 Name	County
IE04	Northern & Western	IE041	Border	Donegal
				Sligo
				Leitrim
				Cavan
				Monaghan
		IE042	West	Galway
				Mayo
				Roscommon
IE05	Southern	IE051	Mid-west	Clare
				Tipperary
				Limerick
		IE052	South East	Waterford
				Kilkenny
				Carlow
				Wexford
		IE053	South-West	Cork
				Kerry
IE06	Eastern & Midland	IE061	Dublin	Dublin
		IE062	Mid-East	Wicklow
				Kildare
				Meath
				Louth
		IE063	Midlands	Longford
				Westmeath
				Offaly
				Laois