Ms Kathy Maher:

Contraception being available free of charge to women was a welcome move and we were very happy to see it introduced last September, but we view access to contraception without prescription, in line with what the WHO said in 2019, as an important step in the healthcare of women. It can be done quickly using the Schedule 8 legislation, whereby we can have prescription-only medicine except when supplied and prescribed in accordance with protocol by pharmacists. It is important that we do-----