AQW 21047/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the reasons for the delay in producing a system for proving COVID-19 vaccination status, in comparison to the rest of the UK and Europe.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 28 June 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 28 June 2021
- Answer due by
- 15 July 2021
- Answered
- 9 July 202111 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
I can confirm that work is underway by Departmental officials on the provision of a Covid Certificate Scheme, compliant with EU and WHO information exchange standards. I provided full details of this work in my response to AQO Assembly Question (Oral) AQO 2336/17-22, including the challenges in meeting data protection and cyber security standards. The text of the response can be found on the NI Assembly website, at
http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/officialreport/report.aspx?&eveDate=2021/07/05&docID=345817#3569098