Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the life-threatening decision taken by the drug company CSL Behring. It is withdrawing the Respreeza drug at the end of September. It is a most serious situation facing 21 people who are citizens of the country. Their health will go into decline at the end of September if this vital drug is taken away from them. It is immoral.

I am not blaming the Taoiseach, the Department or the Minister for Health. Will the Taoiseach use his influence? In no other country in Europe or the rest of the world would patients who are dependent on a life-saving drug have it taken away from them. If I am wrong about that, I would like to Taoiseach to correct me. I understand there is no precedent for this happening anywhere else. I ask the Taoiseach to address this most important matter.

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