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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to ensure the greater availability of qualified pharmacists to work in retail pharmacies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21722/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 425. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the shortage of qualified pharmacists to work in retail pharmacies is a critical skill shortage; the steps that will be taken to speed up the process in registering EU and non-EU pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21723/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 426. To ask the Minister for Health If consideration will be given to permitting retail pharmacies to sell non-prescription medication without the presence of a qualified pharmacist on the premises thus allowing the public to access some medications at the weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21724/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if a new pathway for experienced pharmacy technicians to become fully qualified pharmacists will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21726/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Boland for coming before the committee. I noted his comments about the legislation we are considering. I will ask a number of questions about the survey that the alliance conducted because, as I am sure is the case from his point of view too, it is frustrating and alarming from the point of view of policymakers that one year after the guidelines were introduced, the survey shows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: What does Mr. Boland think?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want to think about where we, as policymakers, could go. Repeatedly, issues are identified by the insurance industry as the problem but when we resolve that problem we are told it is not the problem and that there is another. Ultimately, is Mr. Boland saying to this committee that the major issue is the lack of genuine competition within the Irish insurance sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: An insurance company

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regarding the attractiveness to global competitors in the insurance market, would Mr. Boland's concern three years ago have been about the size and number of payouts on foot of awards from the Irish courts and PIAB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Boland believe the insurers currently in the Irish market are competitive, or is there a lack of the normal competition one would see in other jurisdictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why does Mr. Boland believe there is not the same level of competition in the liability sector as the motor sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Boland believe we have to do what IDA Ireland does to attract foreign direct investment in that we need somebody trying to sell Ireland as a location for insurers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is Mr. Boland aware of how that is being pursued by the Department? Is there somebody selling for us at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: We were told by the insurance industry that when PIAB was established, it would have a transformative effect. It certainly has had such an effect on legal costs. When one goes to PIAB, the legal costs are significantly lower than when goes to court. What more does Mr. Boland want to see done in respect of PIAB? His submission states it must be reformed. What does he want legislators to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Have the judicial guidelines been applied? Mr. Boland referred to how he is waiting to see the approach of the Judiciary. Have the guidelines on awards by PIAB fed through into the Judiciary yet in respect of when cases get to court?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why would they do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Boland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Obviously, I am not asking Mr. Boland to empathise with policymakers or politicians; however, can he understand that from the point of view of parliamentarians and members of the Government, a huge amount has been done to try to reform the insurance sector to reduce premiums? We enacted the perjury legislation, introduced the judicial guidelines and established the Office of the Legal Costs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Presumably, there are still profits being made in the Irish insurance sector. Are global insurers not aware that there are profits to be made?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects there to be any further reduction in the Russian diplomatic presence in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22916/22]