Issues with problem sanitiser raised two days earlier than first claimed

The HSE paid more than €9.1m to the company that supplied it with millions of bottles of Virapro without a formal tender process due to the “extreme urgency arising from the pandemic”.

Initial test results indicating an issue with potentially dangerous hand sanitiser that went on to be recalled from health settings and schools were received two days earlier than the public was previously advised.

Charlie McConalogue, the minister for mgriculture, appeared before the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee to answer questions in relation to the recall of Virapro hand sanitiser due to public health concerns.