Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Browne. A distinction has to be made between public servants whose only income is from the salary they are paid from the State and pharmacists, GPs, dentists and others who have various sources of income, one of which is the State. This distinction has to be made. When it came to GPs there was a negotiation and there was a partial phased reduction in the reversal of fee cuts in return for additional work, changes in practice and so on. I believe it is the intention of the Minister to engage with the pharmacists on the same basis.

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