Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the statement. I refer to the three important issues, which are speed and access to early diagnosis, access to treatment, and reimbursement. There is a uniform system right across the European Union. All countries might not be able to aspire to that but at least all countries could try. I believe it is essential that we move in that direction as quickly as possible, for all the reasons already said and repeated many times. Some 500 million people live in the European Union. That has to mean something when it comes to purchasing medicines and providing treatments across the European Union. All members of the European Union are entitled to this. How does Mr. Woods envisage, in these early days, the setting up such a process that encompasses all the issues that I referred to?