Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I propose to raise an issue I have raised many times in recent weeks and comment on the report of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, published last Friday. The HPRA report is flawed and does not go nearly far enough. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the Bill we introduced on 1 December 2016 will come before the Select Committee on Health? It should be taken within 12 weeks.

On a serious related matter, Deputy Harty made comments over the weekend which prejudiced the Bill proposed by People Before Profit. The Deputy stated that the Bill is no longer needed. I have asked him for clarification but he has not provided it. His role as chairperson of the Joint Committee on Health is untenable. He has shown disrespect to me, my party comrades and the people in the Public Gallery on 1 December last. I ask him to comment. I also ask the Taoiseach to provide a precise date for the taking of the Bill in committee.

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