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:

A case could be made that it should not be based just on age but on a clinical presentation. We see this across many therapeutic areas. It could be argued that the criteria we follow should be different but that was what it was based on at the time. If it merits re-examination, that should not be too difficult.