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Covid-19 Pandemic

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 December 2020

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Questions (108)

Darren O'Rourke

Question:

108. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the status of the sharing of passenger data between Northern Ireland and here and for those arriving onto the island of Ireland for the purpose of contact tracing and enforcement of restricted movement requirements; if he has agreed a process in relation to the matter with his counterpart in the Stormont Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41642/20]

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In October, the Irish Government adopted the EU “traffic lights” approach to intra EU travel and has taken decisions on what public health measures will apply to international arrivals. All passengers continue to be legally required to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form. 

 With regards to sharing passenger locator data with counterparts in Northern Ireland, I am supportive of work towards finding an appropriate legal and data protection structure to facilitate this and officials from my Department are engaged with NI counterparts on the matter. I have also discussed this bilaterally with Minister Swann. 

North South cooperation on international travel is continuing. Notably, the two jurisdictions recently cooperated on engagements with passenger arrivals from Denmark in the context of the outbreak on mink farms in that country.

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