The health minister for Northern Ireland said it was working on a separate app that could share data with the Republic of Ireland.
Mr Swann criticised the NHSX app, which performs those checks on a central server - an approach which makes it difficult for the app to work efficiently on modern smartphones, in particular Apple's iPhones.
Ms O'Neill confirmed that representatives from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland had met this week to discuss a common system.
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