Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have to believe Roche when it informed the former Minister for Defence that it was pulling out of Ireland for a commercial reason. I have been given no information or evidence to state otherwise. The choice of medication for overseas deployment, including the use of Lariam, is a medical decision made by medical officers in the Defence Forces. The best advice given to me is that Lariam is the most suitable drug to take in sub-Saharan Africa.

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