I refer to the digital Covid certificate, which went live across the EU today. Ireland is the only country that was not in compliance with the regulations. We have missed this deadline, although it was not a deadline for us. There are many who are concerned we will miss the deadline of 19 July. We are told we will be emailed our vaccine record but nobody submitted their email address when they applied for the vaccine and there is concern in that regard. Can the Tánaiste guarantee that the system will be live and operational by 19 July? In terms of the potential for an expanded role for a certificate, will antigen testing be incorporated in the system if it is used domestically, but also in terms of international travel?

The opening date, if one likes, for the digital certificate was today, 1 July. We are the only country in the EU that has not done so but the regulation does allow countries six weeks to comply. As we stated from the outset, we intend to have that in place for 19 July. That is being worked on at the moment. I understand there are some significant difficulties but we are still confident that we will have the digital Covid certificate out to most people who are entitled to one before 19 July. There will be some teething and adjustment problems and issues as we try to implement it through the airports but we are pressing ahead with it.