Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his clarification but I am very surprised and disappointed. We all accept we are in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic but I spoke earlier in the debate about money being wasted. People in nursing homes are telling me they cannot deal with the amount of personal protective equipment that is being dumped at their doors. I received a response to a parliamentary question from the Minister last week indicating that millions of euro is being spent on this. It seems there is no shortage of money but there are no tenders or appropriation procedures. We know we are going through an emergency but I asked the Minister earlier to call a halt to the waste. He is now telling us the budget probably will not allow the measure we are discussing.

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