Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

We will have two pharmacy Bills, one dealing with some fitness to practise issues that will come before the House early next year. The second Bill is scheduled for later in the year or at the start of 2007. On the chief pharmacist and other professionals at the Department of Health and Children, the salaries paid do not appear to attract many people from the outside. Real issues exist regarding medical expertise. The chief pharmacist who retired has made himself available to the Department on an advisory basis and I am not aware of any plan to amend the code of conduct for office holders.

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