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:

It was a resource issue. There is no question about that. The more resources we have, the better and the faster we do it. For example, I said last year that we did 75 or 76 assessments. This year, we have already done 79 and we are beginning to see the impact of additional resources and new people. I want to get the time down as low as we possibly can and we will keep doing it. I want to get drugs to people as well. That is our aim. The only thing I would say is we advocate for everybody - not just one sector but across the therapeutic areas. I want to see it done faster and that is what we will do. We give our guarantee we will keep doing that as best we can.

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