Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a follow-up question. My colleague, Deputy Durkan, asked about medicines. We always have to be ambitious. There are conditions that existed in the past that do not exist any more because of the advancement of medicines. Certainly medicines are important. What kind of a timeline are we looking at? These two key drugs have not yet been approved by the European Medicines Agency. Obviously there is a delay on our side for looking at orphan drugs. There is also a question on research. Is there any research happening in Ireland around dementia? I am aware a huge amount of research takes place in Ireland on preventable blindness. Is any body of work being done by any of our universities or third-level institutions on dementia?