Court orders HSE to pay Wicklow firm almost €3m for breach of covid ventilators contract

The arbitrator ruling upon the case also directed that the HSE be held liable for all legal costs resulting from the action, expected to be an additional €3m
Court orders HSE to pay Wicklow firm almost €3m for breach of covid ventilators contract

Narooma Ltd, the Wicklow-based firm in question, had initially sued the HSE in the High Court in April 2020 after the health service failed to make payment for 350 ventilators it had agreed to purchase at the onset of the pandemic. File photo: AP/John Minchillo

The HSE has been ordered to pay a medical devices company just under €3m for a breach of contract regarding the procurement of ventilators at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic.

Narooma Ltd, the Wicklow-based firm in question, had initially sued the HSE in the High Court in April 2020 after the health service failed to make payment for 350 ventilators it had agreed to purchase at the onset of the pandemic.

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