Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)

I welcome the Minister's reply. There was an intake of breath by members of Positive Action and other organisations representing people infected by hepatitis C when it was indicated that there might not be access to these treatments. The situation has clearly moved on since then. Can the Minister indicate how soon treatment programmes will be initiated and what the associated protocols will be? Positive Action, Transfusion Ireland and other survivors will welcome this news.

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