Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2020
618. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis from 26 October 2020; and the number of calls which were successfully answered on a weekly basis in tabular form. [43466/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraIncoming travellers from countries with elevated incidence rates are contacted to verify the place of address provided on the form. Several categories of travellers are exempt from completing the COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form, such as those transiting directly to Northern Ireland and essential transport workers. Travellers receive an interactive text message requesting that they verify their place of address submitted on the COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form. Follow-up phone calls are made to those that do not respond or have changed place of address.
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26 Oct – 01 Nov |
02 Nov – 08 Nov |
09 Nov – 15 Nov |
16 Nov – 22 Nov |
23 Nov – 29 Nov |
30 Nov – 06 Dec |
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No of calls to arriving passengers |
8983 |
8998 |
6859 |
4542 |
4460 |
6238 |
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No. of calls successfully answered by arriving passengers |
3961 |
3821 |
2546 |
1878 |
1743 |
2490 |
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No of addresses verified by SMS (interactive text message) |
11,330 |
10,121 |
6,943 |
5,007 |
5,301 |
8,227 |
