Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion

Mr. Jim Breslin:

Yes, absolutely. One important factor in the Irish distribution chain is that it holds quite an amount of stock even on a normal basis. Wholesalers, pharmacists and the HSE have an existing buffer and for product that needs to be refrigerated, there is a large amount of refrigeration space. This is the norm for us. Other markets that are just-in-time and that run with much lower levels of stock would not be able to hold at the level that we do. Particular features of our wholesaling and distribution system mean that we have that built in. It will be one of the things that we will call on if we run into temporary problems.

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