Those individuals will not automatically receive a Digital Covid Cert and will be required to call up to receive one.Ī government spokesperson said this evening that people who may not have had a positive test through the HSE may obtain a Digital Covid Cert if they’re recorded in the test and trace system as having had Covid-19. The HSE estimates that it has about 170,000 people on record who have had a positive test in the past six months and are therefore entitled to a Digital Covid Cert for that reason. A date for the beginning of this call centre has not yet been set. That call centre will also deal with queries from people who are fully vaccinated but have not yet received a Digital Covid Cert.
The government is set to set up a Digital Covid Cert call centre that will allow people call and request a cert if they are entitled one through natural immunity. Those who have been fully vaccinated, who have acquired natural immunity through contracting Covid-19 in the last six months, or who have a recent negative PCR test will be eligible for the Covid pass. It will mean those with a Covid pass will be able to return to Ireland without having to restrict their movements or quarantine. The Digital Covid Cert will allow people to travel within the EU. People will either receive their certs via email or in the post with Revenue assisting in sending out the certs via post. Staff in the National PASS Office are responsible for ensuring full compliance with Data Protection legislation.PEOPLE WHO ARE fully vaccinated will begin to receive their EU Covid-19 digital passes from next Monday 12 July. Information stored on PASS is highly sensitive in nature and should be protected accordingly. The National PASS Office monitors and enforces the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003 and fulfils the role of certified Data Controller. Role of the National PASS Office & Data Protection All information is recorded in line with the protocols developed by homeless services for the PASS system and Data Protection legislation. The information recorded on the system will be limited to information required to track and plan the delivery of services to clients. This information will be used to monitor the effectiveness of the strategy, identify emerging trends and to monitor service delivery. This information can be used to plan future service developments.PASS will provide us with statistical information on the homeless population profile and use of services. The PASS system will provide statistics to projects about individual clients and the work of the project as a whole. Support agencies to provide a better service to clients by sharing information and targeting their work. It will provide the DRHE with the information necessary for the monitoring and evaluation of services. PASS will allow individual projects to monitor the work they do and the work other projects do with a client, what they do and when they do it, the key outcomes from this work and its effectiveness. This will improve the delivery of services to clients by ensuring that resources are used effectively by reducing duplication of effort and facilitating agencies to work together to provide a continuum of care and integrate service delivery. The information recorded on the PASS system is also used to: Improve service deliveryĪ shared information system for homeless services will enable agencies working directly with people who are homeless to record and share the work they do with their clients. The four Dublin local authorities, Health Service Executive and all homeless services continue to develop more effective mechanisms to collate and share information (subject to Data Protection) on individuals and families presenting as homeless to ensure more integrated service provision and that an effective case management approach can take place. All of the information recorded on PASS produces the most recent statistics for the number of persons that are homeless.