Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion

Photo of Kate O'ConnellKate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. O'Connor has said we are much better prepared now than we were in March. It is good that we had an extension or we would be goosed.

I am assuming from the opening statements that everything will stay the same and that we will have ten to 12 weeks’ headroom in the case of medical supplies. For perishable, short-life products, insulin is not one of them. It can be used after six months out of the fridge. I assume the delegations are referring to feeds and chemotherapies. This is a vulnerable patient cohort. I imagine it concerns feeds for premature babies in, say, the Coombe hospital and bespoke chemotherapy bags. It is from the west coast of the United Kingdom that we are getting much of our stuff. Will Mr. Breslin expand on the products in question?

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