Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion

Mr. Robert Watt:

That is something we are working on a plan with the HSE now in terms of how we can accelerate that uptake. If the same drug provides the same care and the same effects for patients and if they are cheaper, we need to move to them. We can maybe come back another day and maybe Dr. Henry can add to it. Certainly that is what we need to do because we cannot afford all the demands and we need to move to more efficient ways in every case, and the drugs budget is an example of that.