Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive
2:00 am
Mr. Stephen Mulvany:
The biggest part of the disposal cost for PPE and other items, which we reckon will amount to about €7.5 million by the time the disposal is finished this year, relates to the disposal of alcohol-based hand gel. That is very tricky to dispose of; you cannot pour it down the sink or incinerate it. The cost amounts to between €5.5 million and €6 million.