Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines
10:00 am
John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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A very important issue which was debated in the public domain is the lifesaving drugs that cost €1,000 or €2,000 per week to a category of patients who are taking trial drugs. What is the position on funding new trial medicine in a situation where it is life or death?