Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 October 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines

10:00 am

Mr. John Hennessy:

The current regulations under which pharmacists operate do not permit exchange within the pharmacy sector. We try to encourage pharmacists to return the product to the supplier and let it be the co-ordinator for alternative use. Sometimes that proves difficult with very short shelf-----

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