Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I take the Deputy's point. I think that is all very fair. We have now a pathway to address exactly those issues. I will ask my officials to bear all of that in mind. The unit dealing with this will take note of our interaction this morning.

The first question is whether we expand from the three conditions. I am very open to that. Second, what we need to do is engage with the clinical community as well and ask even if we do expand, whether clinicians are still nervous of prescribing under MCAP versus licensed products, and if there is anything we can do there. We could expand the conditions and try to understand if there are other barriers or concerns that clinicians have. I am very open to a clinical recommendation coming back as well on whether we expand beyond consultants. I will certainly be led by the clinical advice coming back. I am very open to all the points the Deputy made.

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