Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The intention is that there will be no change to the status quo. Let us compare the position to that of pharmacies: the person who serves one at the counter might not be a pharmacist but rather a sales assistant. In this instance the person who writes a prescription will be either a doctor or someone with prescribing rights and the individual who dispenses the medicine will be a qualified pharmacist. We do not allow sales assistants in pharmacies to choose which drugs should be dispensed.