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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which part-time members of the Defence Forces are given opportunities to upgrade their skills on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which equipment in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to be upgraded through the standards equal to the best; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women applying for and enlisting in the Defence Forces, with equal respect to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Planning (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains satisfied that the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps remain sufficiently equipped to deal with an emergency or natural disaster that might arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48634/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions Data (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of military personnel serving at various locations overseas; the level of future deployments if known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the budget available to his Department remains sufficient to meet requirements in the course of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Search and Rescue Service Provision (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to co-operate in air and sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48638/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to withdraw home tuition can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the restoration of support for home tuition in this case will be restored in circumstances in which specialist assistance is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations in the report Make Work Pay, especially relating to medical card eligibility will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48544/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am sympathetic to the issue of orphan drugs, particularly where it has been shown that they work and that a patient cohort will benefit from them. The problem, which the committee has discussed many times, is where the determination as to their benefit and safety comes from. Is it made at EU level? There is a vetting system at EU level but, as we found out in this committee a year or so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It was more of a comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It is unlimited. This issue was mentioned in passing at a meeting I attended in Vienna yesterday. I am aware it is coming up today in another context. There are two things I want to deal with. First is the emotional element and the life-or-death situation. As Deputy O'Connell said, it is down to whoever can exert the most influence or shout loudest. The problem is that individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It was referred to earlier, so I am not straying off topic. I am reasonably good at that. If something has been mentioned, I tend to remember it before the end of the meeting, strange as that may seem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: What is the HSE going to do about it, though?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, but that is not correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: That is avoiding the issue. I will tell the committee why what Mr. Hennessy said is not correct. The existence of the 2013 Act is a separate issue. When the HSE has achieved best practice in pricing and efficacy in Europe, we can then revert to the Act.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: There are reasons for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: It is not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The reason for the legislation is to ensure that other countries do not run way ahead of us and obtain more beneficial conclusions than us, yet we are waiting for the situation to improve elsewhere instead of going to the top, availing of the best possible price for the most effective drugs and working from there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Of course they do.