Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-21
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Cathal Berry (IND), Kildare South

That is great. I thank the Taoiseach for that very useful information of which I was not aware. We are all conscious of cost in this Chamber. We are all familiar with the past history of pharmaceutical companies which may profiteer on pandemics like this one. In light of the global emergency crisis at the moment, has there been any discussion on perhaps the waiving of patents by pharmaceutical companies? Does the Taoiseach have any idea of what the unit cost of a single vaccine dose will be? He may not have that information to hand so maybe he could follow up with a written reply.

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Sitting date: 2020-10-21