Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the context of health Bills, I welcome that the issue of Orkambi was raised in the House. I want to know why, when I raised the matter in the House last Thursday, information that was seemingly available to a journalist at the time was not conveyed to the Dáil. It is quite a serious matter that Department officials would not see fit to inform a Minister of the situation as it was at the time. This is far too serious matter on which to keep the Dáil in the dark. Surely the primacy of the Dáil should be recognised. It is a gross offence to this Dáil if information exists but is not passed to Deputies when they raise matters of importance, such as the issue of Orkambi. It is something that I would not like to see repeated.

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