Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion
2:00 am
Professor Michael Barry:
I do, and I will tell the Senator why. I would argue we advocate for everybody, not just the person in front of us and not just in respect of the drug in front of us. There is a finite healthcare budget. The point I would make, which I made earlier, is that if we spend all of it in one area, we are not going to be able to spend in another. Somebody always loses out, and that is the person who does not have a voice. For example-----
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