Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

The HSE is not a party to that either. The HSE set out in good faith with the Department to negotiate with the manufacturers, the producers of medicine and to then negotiate with wholesalers, even though we do not have a contract with them. Clearly, we are concerned about the cost of delivering the product.

There is nowhere in the world where it costs €600 million to get medicine to patients ——

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