Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The reality is that the ventilators that were procured were worthless to us. People did not die because ventilators were not procured. They died because ventilators that were of no consequence were procured. No, I am wrong. Sorry, to be fair, they are consequentially of use in India. We were lucky to be able to do something for somebody, after wasting €80 million. I agree with the witness on that point. However, the ventilators that were purchased have no bearing on the statement the witness is making because we could not use them. The question I asked was about the €24.5 million.