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:
In summary, we paid out a total of approximately €103 million on ventilators, €81 million of which was for new suppliers. The amount between the €81 million and €103 million was paid to normal suppliers through normal delivery with an average price of €37,000 or €38,000 in line with sanction. Most of the ordering decisions were made in March and April. We deliberately ordered more than we needed on the basis that it was the only way to get them.