Seanad debates
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage
What this Bill will do is simplify the process. All American Medical Association, AMA, approved drugs will be made available by the HSE, and the Minister of the day, be it the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, or whatever Minister of whatever party or future Government, must affirm or deny the access to such drug and, in doing so, can deliberate and consult the Irish Society of Medical Oncologists, the Haematology Association of Ireland, the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, the National Cancer Control Programme and the HSE itself.
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