1798. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish patients have to wait on average four months longer than their counterparts in the European Union to access new cancer medicines (details supplied); the work is underway in his Department to speed-up the current reimbursement process to enable priority access to medicines with high unmet need including cancers and rare-diseases, such as is occurring in France through an agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40517/22]

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1798. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish patients have to wait on average four months longer than their counterparts in the European Union to access new cancer medicines (details supplied); the work is underway in his Department to speed-up the current reimbursement process to enable priority access to medicines with high unmet need including cancers and rare-diseases, such as is occurring in France through an agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40517/22]

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