Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Do we approve orphan drugs on a conditional basis? Have we done that for any other drugs? I ask these questions in the context of the situation Lewis Harte-Walsh from Castlebar finds himself in. He was six last Thursday and he desperately needs Translarna so that he can continue to walk. We are talking about two boys in the whole of the State who need this drug now. We need to bear that in mind in the decision-making process. Is it not possible to grant conditional approval for Translarna on that basis and then use the additional data that would become available either to accept or reject?