Medical devices firm still chasing HSE for part of multimillion-euro sum following court ruling

The Irish Times · Killian Woods · 2026-11-06 06:00 UTC

Narooma Limited was awarded €2.77m at arbitration after pandemic contract for ventilators collapsed

Medical devices company Narooma Limited is still taking steps to recover a multimillion-euro sum due from the HSE over a collapsed ventilator contract during the Covid-19 pandemic, newly filed accounts have indicated.

The Dublin-based firm, owned by John Ward, sued the HSE in April 2020 when the health service did not provide a payment for 350 ventilators it agreed to acquire in a deal worth €7.5 million.

In May last year, a ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration ordered the HSE to pay Narooma Limited close to €2.77 million over the breach of a contract related to the procurement of the ventilators.

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