Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board
5:50 pm
Mr. Pat O'Mahony:
No, it is built into the legislation. It allows for our process and the HSE to then engage in its process.
If I have missed out on any of the issues raised, I will be very happy to answer any follow-up question. However, I would like to ask Dr. Gilvarry to comment on the metal-on-metal hip implants and what we know about the root cause of the problem being the larger piece of metal on metal hips and any evidence on the toxic effects of the minerals building up in people's blood.