Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I share Senator Daly's concern regarding the Orkambi situation. I saw "Claire Byrne Live" last Monday night and all contributors, including taxpayers, doctors, and people waiting to get Orkambi, were very measured and very concerned. I saw a tweet from the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, at 5 a.m. While one might ask what he was doing at 5 a.m., the Minister was at the airport on his way to meet his European colleagues in Lisbon to discuss the Orkambi situation. We can try to address this across parties and across borders. However, Vertex, the company that produces Orkambi, is holding patients and the Government to ransom and we can try to get a solution.

I share Senator O'Mahony's concerns on the buses. The situation in the west of Ireland has been raised with me by a number of people. There is an issue with the bus from Ballyhaunis through Castlerea to Dublin. We need to bring the Minister into the House to have a debate on the current situation regarding Bus Éireann.

I praise the Garda for arresting four men over the kidnapping of the fastest dog in Ireland, Clares Rocket.