Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

I welcome the announcement made by the Minister. However, the pharmacoeconomics centre stated recently that €45,000 was the threshold. Who decided that it should be reduced to €20,000? This rules out a lot of high-tech drugs being made available or which it is recommended should be made available at the very least. This is a fundamental factor in the availability of high-tech and breakthrough drugs.

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