Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will not be able to dress any particular drug, but I share people's interest in and concern about this matter and am keen to follow up on it. There are differentials. A report prepared by the ESRI this year provided a good analysis of this situation. Sometimes, one does not always compare like with like, although I am not making an excuse for the differentials. There are many factors, for example, pharmaceutical manufacturing, pharmacies' mark-ups and so on, that we need to address.

I assure the House that there is the same level of concern on this side about the issue as there is on that side. We will press onwards. We have made great strides, but there is more to do.

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