Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

——and I just make the point that I got nothing. I was criticised for not having consultation on the Health Bill and I decided I would have consultation on this Bill, as I have had on the Medical Practitioners Bill and the Pharmacy Bill. It is good to have consultation and there must be a timeframe for it. Although many other organisations saw fit to have an input and were taking many of the suggestions on board, it was interesting that there was no input from the Opposition parties.

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