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:
There was an obvious business case and necessity. It is not that we did not set out our best estimate of what was required and what we might have to do to get it. The issue was the uncertainty in the market and in respect of the need, which was not finally clarified until 15 April.