David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Very briefly, I will refer to a number of things. On the final point as to whether we are the correct committee to deal with this, I note the Department has issued a note stating we may not be. Perhaps our secretariat could check that out. I believe the Department is saying it is the Committee on Health that should be dealing with this, which is somewhat frustrating if that is the case.

I also refer to the letter from Africa, which has been referred to more than once, mentioning that delivery be stalled. That seems to be on a separate track to the production and availability because that leads to what we discussed earlier about hesitancy, supply lines and so forth, which needs to be sorted out in any event. Would it be in order, Chairman, for a copy of that letter to be sent to the committee?

It has also been said that there are 100 experienced manufacturers all over the world who say they can start manufacturing the generic versions. It would also be useful for us to get a list of those various manufacturers and locations.