Report highlights Ireland's 'worrying' reliance on other countries for PPE supply

Ireland's trade deficit for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is the seventh largest in the EU.

A new report by the Parliamentary Budget Office lays out in stark terms how Ireland's lack of domestic supply of PPE, which includes items such as masks, gowns, gloves, face shields and eyewear worn by medical staff when treating patients, has affected the coronavirus response.