Lessons needed from 'absolute scramble' to procure ventilators which were never used

A contract had been signed for 328 ventilators. Just 64 were eventually provided. File photo: AP

“Lessons will have to be learned” from the situation which saw the HSE pay €14.1m to import ventilators from China which were never used, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this afternoon heard from representatives from the State’s procurement body regarding issues related to national contracts.