Covid-19 Pandemic

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 November 2020

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Questions (188)

Matt Carthy

Question:

188. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department or an agency operating under her Department has encountered expenditure in respect of hand sanitisation products or other PPE products that were subsequently subject to a recall by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2020; if so, the expenditure in respect of such products; if the expenditures will be recouped from the sellers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36013/20]

Written answers

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

I am advised that my Department has not incurred expenditure in respect of any hand sanitisation products or other PPE products that have been subject to recall by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2020.

The purchase of hand sanitisation products or other PPE products for public bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for those bodies.

I am advised that one body under the remit of my Department , the Crawford Art Gallery has incurred expenditure of €140 on hand sanitisation products that were subject to recall and that these products have now been replaced by the supplier concerned at no additional cost to the Gallery.