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

Alan Kelly: Mr. Hennessy has not. Is this a cost-effective drug as recommended by the NCPE? If so, in that scenario, is that unique? Why has it not been funded?

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

Alan Kelly: Is Mr. Hennessy saying that every drug recommended by NCPE is cost effective?

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

Alan Kelly: Professor Barry does not work for the HSE, so maybe he might elaborate on the questions that I asked, because they do not always have to be answered by the HSE.

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

Alan Kelly: Fair enough.

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

Alan Kelly: Is this cost effective?

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

Alan Kelly: To tease this out, are the witnesses saying that there would be no cost-saving?

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

Alan Kelly: What about the stake-----

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

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that, and Mr. Flanagan is not going to be locked in to what he said on that point. I am not going to hang him on that. Has he taken into consideration the saving in acute hospital expenditure because that drug is being used?

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

Alan Kelly: Some €25 million?

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

Alan Kelly: Does Professor Barry want to comment?

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

Alan Kelly: And it is easy to distinguish.

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

Alan Kelly: It needs nine more.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: 333. To ask the Minister for Health when work will commence on the building of the new 100 bed unit at St. Patrick’s hospital, Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33530/17]

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, line 11, after “board” to insert the following:“, on or after the date on which section 6(b) of the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Act 2017 comes into operation and not later than 31 December 2019,”. The amendment simply calls for the insertion of the line “, on or after the date on which section 6(b) of...

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know he could not. We will joke about that some other day. I accept the Minister's bona fides.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I had to get the Minister on the record on this.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: Yes, I will withdraw it now on the basis of the previous discussions and re-enter it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I withdraw on my amendment to save but cannot speak for Deputies O'Connell and O'Reilly. Many of these issues are interrelated. Based on what the Minister has said and the spirit in which he has said it, we may put them tabled them on Report Stage. Based on what Deputy Brassil said, I understand that there will be a consultation process with both sides. The draft conclusions which emerge...

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: On that basis I withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to retable it on Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mobile Telephony Use (11 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: 309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that no Member of the current Houses of the Oireachtas has had their phone calls or other forms of personal or business communications listened to, copied or intercepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32492/17]