Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My view on this is the same as the Deputy’s, which is that these 35 children should have been given this drug at the same time as everybody else. It is very clear. I met my Dutch counterpart in Brussels last weekend and we discussed CF drugs and this very company. It is not just in Ireland that this behaviour is being seen. The Deputy will be aware of a very strongly worded letter which issued from the consultants and of their views on how this company was behaving. We need to get this drug for these 35 children as quickly as possible. I can assure the Deputy that the Department and I are working very closely with the HSE to make sure the processes that have to be gone through are gone through as quickly as they possibly can be. We want to get this drug to these children as quickly as possible. We are aware of the impact it has. We will continue to focus on that.

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