Gary Murphy
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230 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 13 Jun
Gary Murphy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And there's this big debate over whether we should just, regardless of the cost, pay for this drug, which is so desperately needed by these people, or whether we should hold the line.
Gary, what's your view on it?
We had Pádraig O'Sullivan in as well during the week.
He's the Fianna Fáil TD who has been pushing for these drugs for rare diseases to be funded.
And he made the point that there's an awful lot of money coming into this country, Maria, from the multinational drug companies.
And we had those figures this morning in the Irish Times, which have been filed now
public filings in the United States.
And we were talking about, in some cases, over a billion dollars coming in here.
And we're quibbling over the price of this.
Now, I get that an assessment is made on efficacy, but it has been shown to be effective in slowing down the disease for some people.
Yeah, and we're also the end of the supply chain, aren't we?
You know, geographically as well.
And then in terms of our size, we're such minnows.
I have a clip here of Craig from the programme during the week pleading for access to Sky Clarice from Polly.
Just to get an idea, Lorcan, before we hear from you, of how desperate Craig is.
Della, just to remind you, is Craig's wife and she has Huntington's disease.
Lorcan, what's your view on it?
We had one on this morning.
We had Janice Walshawn saying that she is the person who has to stand there and tell the patient, I can't get this for you and I know it will work.
Well, that's what they would say that their job is to mind the budget, you know, and to work within that budget.
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