Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not saying he is. For example, I refer to vaccination programmes on an all-island basis; co-operation on rare diseases, particularly in paediatrics; and transplanting where we do not have the capacity on our own, but with the Republic, the North and Britain we would have critical mass. A considerable amount of work needs to be done on those areas.

The negotiations by the UK Prime Minister, Mrs. May, have been quite ham-fisted to date. Views such as no deal is better than a bad deal are being expressed. I can accept that people are squaring up to each other to a certain extent. However, real lives are at stake here given the impact it could have. I urge the Minister to keep an interested eye on these areas and not to be side-tracked by the bigger issue of the EMA coming to Dublin, which I accept is very important. However, in the longer term, the issues I have outlined are significant.

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