David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. Mr. Flanagan may be unable to say definitively what might happen next year. We are holding a hearing here today to try to get as much information as possible for the public. Is it fair to say that the best I can tell people if I am asked is that there is potential for six products to be placed on Schedule 1? In the best case scenario, one of them will be available to patients under the scheme this year. There is a possibility of another being added next year but we do not know. Based on what Mr. Flanagan is saying, I would imagine that the best case scenario would be that two products are available under the scheme next year, if that many. Is that a fair assessment?