The Government has launched a new website for businesses that want to offer help during the COVID-19 crisis.
The COVID Supplies site allows business to offer supplies or services in support of the national response to the outbreak.
In a statement, the Office of Government Procurement said organisations have been offering assistance since the virus arrived in Ireland and the new site will capture them all in one database.
16/03/2020. Covid-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus) Ireland. Fine Gael Minister Heather Humphreys speaking to the media this evening following the meeting of the Cabinet Subcommittee on Covid-19.. Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ieBusiness Minister Heather Humphreys said the online portal will allow officials to direct resources as efficiently as possible.
“Ever since the scale of the challenge of Covid-19 became clear, businesses and organisations of all sizes, from right across the country, have come forward to offer their critical support to our public services,” she said.
“These offers of assistance have made a key contribution to our efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 and I want to thank those behind each and every offer received. “
The Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said the extent of the goodwill shown by organisations across the country in out time of need is encouraging.
“We are experiencing a time of great global uncertainty, but we are all in this together,” he said.
“I would encourage all those with offers of support to get in touch using the website and I thank them for doing so.”
As things stand, the public service is most in need of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); however, the Government said that could change as the crisis continues.
