Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 February 2021
279. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the recommendations of the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on evaluating orphan drugs have been implemented; if an impact assessment has been conducted on those which have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10674/21]
View answerThe Deputy will recall that in February 2018 the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health issued its report which contained a significant number of recommendations with respect to the evaluation of orphan drugs.
On 21 November 2018, Departmental and HSE officials, at a hearing of the Committee, reported on progress on the implementation of the various recommendations.
In view of the passage of time since that hearing, I have asked my officials to prepare an updated report for the Deputy on the extent to which each of the recommendations have been implemented.
