Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, the urgent need for the Government to intervene in the pharmacy services crisis which has seen the treatment of approximately 3,000 methadone patients in the greater Dublin area disrupted on foot of pharmacists' decision to withdraw from dispensing this essential service, by entering into talks with pharmacists to find a solution. The contingency plan in place is no substitute for the pre-existing dispensing arrangement, in that it does not best accommodate the stabilisation requirements of addicts on the road to recovery, many of whom have returned to education and employment which may now be jeopardised.

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