Spending watchdog calls for investigation into €450m spend on unused PPE and ventilators

In addition to the spend on ventilators, it emerged last year that €375m worth of PPE equipment bought in during the early stages of the pandemic was unusable.

There has been a call from within the Dáil’s spending watchdog for a full investigation into public money wasted on approximately €450m worth of unused PPE and ventilators bought during the pandemic.

The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard today that there has been no internal review into the €80m spend by the State on ventilators during Covid-19 which were never used.