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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee, for giving of their time and for all they do, particularly Mr. Lawlor. It is very important that patients are out there advocating for others. To follow on from the comments of my colleague, Deputy Durkan, on the EU, I have to agree that the solution here is the EU market and its 500 million people. We are being played off against each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: For biosimilars.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: A few companies were saying that if there are 100 patients with X condition, they would put a top price on annual treatment, such that if there were 102 people, the two extra would be included in the bulk price. I ask the witnesses to expand on the matter. I see this as the market, yet again, ring-fencing a chunk of money so they can say to their shareholders: "We definitely have a return of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: This is not my area of expertise. Is it true to say that the mechanism works if it is a population health issue like hepatitis, HIV, HPV or anything that one wants to eradicate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Is it true to say that the mechanism would not necessarily be ideal for a small rare disease patient cohort?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Obviously they have their sums done on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Reference was made, by way of a response, to assessing the impact of treatment be it physiotherapy or home help. We seem to home in on the price of a drug and drug therapies. Obviously we want to cure illness but what about the spectrum between curing and not curing? I ask the witnesses to elaborate on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Inequality is the thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Provide a package of care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for coming before us. How many households are supported by the Department through the help-to-buy scheme, HAP, Rebuilding Ireland home loans, acquisitions and new builds? I will move on to the next question if someone is getting the answer for Mr. McCarthy. I hear from my colleague beside me that the help-to-buy scheme has been a great success. At the time, there...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: These are homes. We are not counting people. These are units

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: If we decided tomorrow to get rid of HAP, what would it do to that figure next year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I am more concerned about what we would do with the families. Where would we put them? How many families-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: What I am getting at is that HAP almost seems to be like a bad thing in some people's minds. If we just got rid of it to be populist, I assume we would put the money into building houses. However, the problem is that it takes time to build houses. What do we, therefore, with the families in the interim period? I have failed to find an answer to this question about what we would do with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: -----85,000 are on the street

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: This means that 10,000 people are now in homes funded by themselves and supported by the scheme who otherwise may not be.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We could potentially add these to the 85,000 people we mentioned a minute ago.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. McCarthy but I will hone in on something in respect of refurbishment. It is important to say that buildings need maintenance. There is a certain argument out there in this regard. I understand that and there are landlords who use these reasons to get rid of people, but there are also genuine people out there who need to maintain their buildings. I hear from...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We will leave it for a second because I do not want to take up too much time. I want to ask about interruptions in the supply chain. When Private Members' Bills come through the Oireachtas, they sometimes create uncertainty. I refer to things like the Anti-Evictions Bill 2018. As we saw to some extent with the review of Rebuilding Ireland a few years ago and the changes in rules in...