Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know, but it comes back to the issue about pharmacists being able to manage this area. If we had a central card system, we could devolve a significant amount of work to pharmacists in the morning because we would then have checks and balances. There are no checks and balances at the moment. Pharmacists will do their best.

However, that does not prevent the situation arising where the same person can go to different pharmacies in different parts of the country or the city and get the same drug.