James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fine, but I have a different view. I am sure we will get the best experts in the country to confirm it. My comments are informed by the Department through the Chief Medical Officer. We do not want to make a bad situation worse.

There is an interesting point concerning the lifespan of these products that needs further exploration and I will talk to the Department and the HSE about it. We should have a system whereby, within three months of expiry, they are returned centrally to be used in hospitals where they are used very quickly. The level of use of adrenalin in hospitals is much greater than anywhere else. That is certainly what I used to do as a GP; I used to return it to the pharmacist who would get it back to the hospital to be used there. I referred to the EpiPen. It is open to a pharmacist to make-----