Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State made the link. It is my strong view that section 13 will not comfort pharmacists. It comes back to the myriad situations that can present. It is important, in giving effect to their professional judgment, that there be a degree of cover or comfort for pharmacists in order that, in the event that something is other than what was intended, they would be covered. If we are trusting their professional opinion, on which we do not have a question, any number of situations might present in meeting the “do not substitute” requirement. Section 15 only refers to adverse consequences, which is not what we are talking about here in regard to generic substitution, apart from the very important exception of epilepsy which we have spent a lot of time discussing.