A national survey of attitudes to COVID-19 digital contact tracing in the Republic of Ireland.
Michael Edmund O'CallaghanJim BuckleyBrian FitzgeraldKevin JohnsonJohn LaffeyBairbre McNicholasBashar NuseibehDerek O'KeeffeIan O'KeeffeAbdul RazzaqKaavya RekanarIta RichardsonAndrew SimpkinJaynal AbedinCristiano StorniDamyanka TsvyatkovaJane WalshThomas WelshLiam GlynnPublished in: Irish journal of medical science (2020)
The Irish citizens surveyed expressed high levels of willingness to download a public health-backed App to augment contact tracing. Concerns raised regarding privacy and data security will be critical if the App is to achieve the large-scale adoption and ongoing use required for its effective operation.