Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Walsh for that. He might send on a note to the committee on the breakdown of those figures, which would be helpful.

I turn to the Comptroller and Auditor General's opening statement with regard to the Covid-19 vaccines. The HSE acquired €94.4 million worth of vaccines which were written off. I understand vaccines to the value of €33.7 million had not been used before the manufacturer's expiry date, which raises the question of the lifespan of those vaccines when purchased, and a further €60.7 million worth was written off because they were expected to reach their expiry date before they could be used. It is a sizeable amount of money, while not forgetting the backdrop of the space in which we were operating at that time. Does Mr. Gloster wish to elaborate on how that happened?