I have been contacted by numerous people from Tipperary who are among the 12,000 Irish people currently working in and residing in the United Arab Emirates, UAE. They cannot travel directly home this summer to visit family without undergoing mandatory hotel quarantine. They faced significant local pressure to take the Sinopharm vaccine in order to stay in employment. They have received both doses and they are fully vaccinated. Sinopharm is now recognised by the World Health Organization, WHO, but it does not meet the regulations in Ireland that allow a person to quarantine in a person's own home. They cannot avail of the Pfizer vaccine as they have already been vaccinated. The Taoiseach might also be aware that the UAE has been very successful in combating Covid. There are very tight restrictions in place and the Irish people in the UAE are tested every ten days. I ask that when these citizens return home, that they will be allowed on compassionate grounds to complete a home quarantine rather than the currently stipulated hotel quarantine.

I thank Deputy Lowry for raising this pertinent issue. He makes a very fair point, one I am conscious of myself having been approached by a number of citizens who are working abroad in the Gulf region, in particular in countries such as the UAE.

Of course, many of these people have been administered the Sinopharm vaccine and they are fully vaccinated. One of the challenges has been that only vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency, EMA, are currently regarded as complying fully with our requirements and removing the need for hotel quarantining for those who are fully vaccinated. I understand that Sinopharm is currently under a rolling review by the EMA. The Minister for Health has said in the House that this is certainly something we can take under consideration. We will keep it under review and will link in with the EMA and the WHO on this. As the Deputy knows, work is ongoing to develop the digital Covid certificate.

I have been asked to raise this issue by Mr. Stephen Fitzgerald of Aqua Splash. Aqua Splash is based in Dromineer, Nenagh, County Tipperary, and has just reopened after the lockdown. The insurance runs out next month. Not one insurer will renew its insurance; it has tried outside insurance companies that are regulated here in Ireland and they also refused. It has just got over the lockdown and now it is back in business. This is the fifth year running that it has had considerable difficulty with planning and insurance. It is an excellent facility, and my daughter, Mairéad, and my granddaughter, Cara Rose, used it last year.

All of these water sports are going to be closed in the coming months because they cannot get insurance. When is the Government going to do something with the insurance cartels that are going on? They will not pay people for Covid claims and now they will not insure viable, valuable assets. This is a young entrepreneur with a brilliant asset for the community and for surrounding counties, and for young people who want sport and exercise and everything that we should be doing outside, yet it could be closed because of insurance. This is blackmail and blackguarding of the highest order. I want the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, to meet this man.

There have been challenges for specific amenities of this kind in terms of getting insurance, which is unacceptable. Insurance companies are pulling back from the market at an increasing rate. While I do not know the exact specifics, I take very seriously what the Deputy is saying. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, to engage with the company.