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

On the availability of appropriate drugs and new drugs to fight particular cancers as they are diagnosed, Professor Kennedy made reference to a ten-year waiting time for actual results. When the action is put in place, it may take ten years to become obvious. What action might be taken on the availability of the drugs, given that we live in the Single Market? We are entitled to the same level of supply of drugs as they are in France, Germany and so on. That was one reason the Single Market was brought about originally. It does not seem to work so much now. Perhaps variations are made to ensure some countries get a better service in that area than we do. Is that the case?