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.