David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One of the issues that has come up a lot over the past year – possibly longer but certainly the past 12 months – is there has been much more of a focus on medicine shortages and the possibility or need for what is called in other European countries a “serious shortage protocol”. No reference to that was made in the opening statement. How far advanced are we in respect of the possibility or the concept of a protocol or a protocol coming into existence?