Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for giving their time to come before us this morning. The drugs require Government, ministerial and HSE approval and so on. On the drugs which were referred to, what do the witnesses envisage as the shortest, quickest route that would short-circuit that process for drugs in the future? Each time the question arises, we go through the same process we discussed earlier. Having direct knowledge, the witnesses are in a good position to tell us what we can do to short-circuit the delays and as a consequence, the patients' concerns. I will not refer to the drugs, but the witnesses will know them.