Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Deputy Shortall's proposal, particularly concerning emergency contraception. This is the aspect I find frustrating. It is an emergency issue and we are adding on the trip to the GP and the expense associated. I am under the impression that 23 of 27 EU countries allow for some version of emergency contraception without a prescription. I thank the IPU for its briefing. It was very detailed, with many research papers cited. There was one from 2019 that I wish to ask about. I will not read out all the authors because there are too many of them, but it was a very interesting paper. One of the findings was that pharmacists showed great support for that kind of a scheme, but there was less support among physicians. Would the witnesses like to comment on this point?