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Funding rare and expensive medicines

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll McNeill has said that there is concern about politician interfer...

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08.00 11 Sep 2026


Funding rare and expensive medicines


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Health Minister Jennifer Carroll McNeill has said that there is concern about politician interference in the procedure of the State funding expensive and rare medicines. 

To discuss this issue further with Claire was Ellen Coyne is Political Correspondent with the Irish Times and Padraig O'Sullivan is Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central.


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