SCAN WE COME IN FOR A DRINK..?
Jab checker up and running today
a DIGITAL scanner is expected to be available on the official Government website today which will be used to check vaccine passes on entrance to pubs and restaurants.
The Irish Mirror understands it will be accessible through the site and will not be an app.
The scanner will be used to check people’s QR code and it will state an individual’s full name and whether their vaccine cert is valid or invalid.
The public are being urged to check their passes are correct prior to attending a pub or restaurant from Monday.
People will have to carry ID and will be asked to present it at the point of entrance at a premises to confirm their identity with their pass.
However, it’s understood once scanned it will not hold a person’s details, nor will it state a date of birth.
Businesses and consumers will be able to try out the digital scanner today before pubs and restaurants reopen their indoor hospitality.
The scanner is also expected to be used to determine whether a person has had a negative PCR or antigen test in the previous 72 hours when the Government decides to move to the next phase to permit unvacci
nated people to dine indoors. However, one senior source said: “This is very much down the line and still needs to be worked out.”
Discussions between the Attorney General, Government officials and Failte Ireland are set to continue today to finalise the rules.
Pubs and restaurants had been told they may be required to have tables two metres apart indoors if unvaccinated children accompany fully vaccinated parents. But it’s understood this may not be included in the final guidelines to be published this weekend.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said gardai will have a role in enforcing rules “in the event of someone being unruly and trying to gain entry to an establishment when they don’t have proof of immunity, or for example if it turns out a proprietor is not enforcing the rules and regulations”. Speaking to RTE News, he added officials are working “full tilt to get this done and to get this done well in advance of Monday”.
He said: “A lot of these procedures are already in place for other things.
“Now we’re just extending it to one new check, which is to check that somebody has a certificate of immunity. People can try to over-complicate this but it actually isn’t all that complicated.”