Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

We enacted a Bill in the past year to regulate the pharmacy profession, which was the first to be introduced in 150 years. The second Bill to which the Deputy refers relates to technical issues and it has nothing whatsoever to do with contractual issues, which are currently the subject of a review by Sean Dorgan and his group, which is due to complete its work shortly.

I am not certain who the Deputy wishes to extradite but the draft heads of the extradition Bill are being prepared. I do not have a date for its publication.

The next health professional regulatory Bill from my Department will deal with nurses and midwives and will be published later this year. The legislation relating to dentists will follow that.

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