James Reilly: Ability to 'play God' and overrule recommendations 'dangerous'

Former Health Minister James Reilly says the ability of the current Minister to overrule a recommendation to not pay for a ground-breaking Cystic Fibroses drug is 'a dangerous place to be'.

The state's medicines watchdog - the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics - believes 'Orkambi' is too expensive.