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Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: You held them inside for three hours.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Sitting in a car for three hours. That is where it started.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Who detained two women?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Led by you.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Led by you. You organised-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: All led by you.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy used other people.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We know that you held captive two women for three hours.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: You have given enough commentary yourself.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: We are going over the court case.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Why did the judge not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman. I will do my best to keep up to that standard. My first dealing with this particular subject was about 25 years ago, and it has not changed since. Then there were two aspects to it. One was the degree to which Ireland paid, above and beyond every other European country, for our drugs in general. We have added to that the orphan drugs and the high-tech drugs and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I presume all of the witnesses have professional bodies which have a central agency or organisation in Europe. I know this is correct. I am not asking the question because I know it is true. Could the witnesses use the strength of their professional bodies at European level to bypass some of the obstacles we have spoken about? With regard to constant assessing, I would have presumed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: What about European standards and minimum standards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: That is not correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: That is not correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Minimum standards are laid down at European level on virtually everything we do in the course of our daily lives. We need to get the benefit of these minimum standards. I do not want to be offensive or cause any aggravation, but that does not stop me from saying what needs to be said. I have been a member of the European affairs committee all my life, so I know where standards are laid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Bernard Durkan: Are they governed by European standards?