Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Of course, the country has invested heavily in innovation and research. A certain number of new and very expensive treatments will be brought forward in the next five or ten years as a result of the work of the many research students working in pharmaceutical companies. We do not know the extent of the cost of these drugs when they are eventually tested and will come on the market. Some of them will be exceptionally expensive. As the Minister has ordered the committee to meet tomorrow, we will have a conclusion. Regardless of the outcome, I expect him to bring a memo to the Government. I am conscious of this. It would be lovely to have a ring-fenced fund for all of the different sectors, but life is really not like that.

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