Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

By the same token, we as non-professional people who go to our GP must change our mentality on getting a prescription for X, Y or Z. Deputy Kelleher’s point is valid in that if one goes into one’s pharmacist they should be able to advise on what one should do even for something as simple as a head cold, rather than having to get a prescription to take Augmentin or whatever else.