David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the issue of the chief pharmaceutical officer. Many of us on the committee championed the need for a health and social care professional, who would advocate for that sector, and we saw some movement on that issue. I am not against a chief pharmaceutical officer position being put in place. Is there any resistance to that in the HSE or the Department? We did meet with resistance on the health and social care professional officer position in the past and this was overcome. In the engagement the IPU has had with the Department, is there any reason the HSE would not want to do this? What has been the response from the Department in terms of the IPU's proposition on this issue?