Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 May 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Financial Statements 2021: HSE
Special Report No. 114 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Emergency Procurement of Ventilators by the HSE
Vote 38 - Health

9:30 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

With the greatest of respect, the Deputy would have to have been there at the time and involved in the discussions. There was not clarity at the time as to how many would need to be ventilated, what ventilation would mean or what standard of ventilation would be appropriate, given the potential numbers, which we did not know. Again, there was no vaccination. There was a whole conversation, medically and ethically, about what ventilation would mean-----

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