Mr. Eamonn Quinn:

Let us be honest. There is no headroom for radiopharmaceuticals in that respect because they cannot be stored. There are other contingencies we would explore with the companies, but there are inherent risks associated with them also. The supply chain is necessarily “just in time”. There is a very specific timeline for getting to the airport on the Continent, flying in and flying out again. That is the situation. It should be noted that the companies involved have contingency measures in place to deal with those issues now and that they can be employed in the shorter term. We are looking to engage and have engaged with the suppliers, distributors and logistics companies involved in providing for higher levels of assurance. We want to provide the utmost assurance we can in this space. The Deputy, rightly, points out that there is a risk, but a risk does not necessarily translate to there being a problem. It is a matter of what steps we can take to mitigate it.