CORONAVIRUS
— ECONOMIC AND HEALTH RELIEF PACKAGE
641. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to the McGowan government's
media statement of 31 March 2020, titled ''$1 billion COVID-19 economic
and health relief package unveiled'', which stated that an additional
$500 million had been allocated for health and other frontline service
delivery, with capacity for additional industry support.
(1) How much of the $500 million has
been spent to date?
(2) As outlined
in the media statement, of those funds, how much to date has been spent on —
(a) personal
protective equipment;
(b) ventilators;
(c) additional
staff;
(d) additional
hospital beds; and
(e) cleaning?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
It is not possible to provide the
requested information in the time required. I, therefore, ask the member to
place the question on notice.