PAC calls for investigation into €450m spent on unused PPE during pandemic

No internal review into the €80m spend by the State on ventilators during Covid-19 which were never used.

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 that there has been no internal review into the €80m spend by the State on ventilators during Covid-19 which were never used.