Varadkar unaware of political involvement in Covid-19 procurement 

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said: “I don’t personally recall any contact with that company.” Photo: Julien Behal/PA

The Tánaiste has told the Dáil he is not aware of any political involvement in the financial side of procurement for the Covid-19 pandemic.

Leo Varadkar, taking leaders questions this afternoon, was asked about the circumstances which led to festival management company Roqu Media International being given a €14.1 million contract for the importation of ventilators which turned out to be unusable.