Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is an unlicensed product, as the Deputy will be aware. If she has been reading the responses, she will also be aware that the HSE is following exactly the protocol that it follows in all such cases for an unlicensed product, which in the first instance is that a specialist has to prescribe, and then a GP can. The Deputy, of course, is also aware, although none of this is reflected in her contribution, that I have asked the HSE to review this, given that many women who would benefit from Cariban could avail of and benefit from it earlier than when they would typically have their first appointment with an obstetrician.

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