Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion

Ms Rita Purcell:

I might come in there. We have contacted 44 wholesalers. Nearly 90% of all stock is held by our two primary wholesalers and they are confident. When they say "the vast majority", they are saying, "but for a few product lines". They are, however, giving us details of those product lines and we are working through those. We are able to see whether there are alternatives and whether we need to take contingency action. It is a picture that changes day by day because they have a considerable throughput of stock.

We are also predicting forward as to what the expected picture will be on 31 October. Right now, what we can say is that we are working through any products that have been identified but they have not identified a significant issue of supply to the Irish market. They believe, I would use the word "substantially", all products that are used will have that level of stock. Should there be an issue with a product, our shortages framework would work through it. Does Mr. O'Dwyer want to add anything to that?

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