John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious of the time constraints under which the Minister is operating and I thank him for agreeing to take supplementary questions. I have been asked by several entities to obtain some clarity around the welcome announcement he made with regard to some of the new hepatitis C drugs available to the subgroup of patients who are facing into the extremely severe prospect of impending liver failure and who do not have the luxury of waiting for the conclusion of more prolonged approval or price-negotiation processes.