Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank Mr. Moloney for his presentation. I also thank him and all of his staff for the work done in this area. As he outlined in his report, they have saved the State money. I want to raise an issue that is not referred to in the report. It is with regard to the mechanism for dealing with urgent decisions. When we faced into the pandemic urgent decisions had to be taken on products such as personal protective equipment. PPE. Is there a mechanism for dealing with this? The tendering process takes a bit of time. With regard to personal protective equipment, ventilators and medication, was a process in place to deal with the urgency? Did we get all of what we required? Did the hospital services get all of the equipment they required in a timely manner? Was the process delayed because of how we now structure the tendering process? Will Mr. Moloney outline areas where improvements could be made when urgency arises or where there is a need for immediate decisions?