Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland will not be able to use the EU Digital Covid Cert

BBC News reports that most Irish passport holders living in Northern Ireland will not be able to use the EU’s Covid digital certificate.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and other senior Irish government ministers have previously indicated that they will.

The «passport» vaccine to facilitate the return of international travel will come into effect in the Republic of Ireland tomorrow.

Last week, more than two million people in the Republic of Ireland received their diplomas

But many Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland will not be able to obtain the certificate because they have not been vaccinated in the Republic.

Senior Irish government sources told BBC News this meant the Irish state had no official record of her vaccination.

Taoiseach and other ministers last week discussed making the certificate available to Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland.

Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said the matter «will remain under consideration».

In Northern Ireland, the Department of Health said it expects an ‘international travel application’ to be ready ‘early’ [this] week” for those who have been fully vaccinated.

The EU Digital Covid Certification, sometimes known as a Digital Green Cert, has also been operated in Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which are not members of the European Union.

It is also available to non-EU citizens who are legally living in the member states.

The certificate provides evidence that someone has had one of the EU approved vaccines (Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson), recovered from a Covid-19 infection in the past six months or recently received a negative PCR test.