Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

The vast bulk of what was not suitable for use was not equipment the HSE bought. There was a small element of that and a small element of this overall impairment is obsolescence. It was suitable for use when bought but went out of date. I believe I am correct in saying that very little of the impairment has anything to do with not being fit for purpose.