Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Philip Watt:

We did not know about it. We were not consulted about it. We were not asked to go before any committee. All of sudden it appeared. It was surprising because so many other health legislative measures have sat on the books for years, including the health information Bill and the human tissue Bill that still have not been enacted. They first came to the Dáil in 2009. It is surprising that something can be passed beneath the radar that nobody knows about. A review needs to take place but we certainly have not been approached about it and our opinion on it has not been asked.