Mr. Colm Forde:

The point that has been consistently made is that there is concern from licensed merchants and others that they may lose business share and, as a result, that may damage their ability to earn a living. We have outlined extensively how we are trying to mitigate that. We have an action plan, as I have mentioned, that involves a secure electronic prescribing system and other elements, which we hope will mean that they will still be able to retain a sizeable market share and support their own businesses.

I would take issue with the assumption that this will automatically damage their livelihoods and the income that they can generate.