Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

There is no justification for paying twice the rate that is paid across the European Union, no matter how much countries change, to deliver medicine, much of which is made in Ireland. We have one of the most successful pharmaceutical sectors in the world. There is no justification for paying twice as much as is paid in Northern Ireland or anywhere else, to deliver medicine to patients. There is no justification for postponing the delivery ——

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