Mr. Pat Healy:

Regarding pharmacists, since just before the pandemic, we established a forum in which officials from the HSE meet the Irish Pharmacy Union, IPU and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, PSI. We have productive engagement with them. It worked throughout the pandemic and the vaccination programme. More recently, we have had discussions with the Department. The Minister is anxious that there would be engagement between the HSE, the Department and pharmacists in the context of the issues the Deputy mentioned. I will work with colleagues in the Department on those meetings.