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Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: To address Senator Browne, spouses are specifically mentioned in the amendment. In case the Senator is worried, we are not preventing them from marrying one another.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: It is in the context of pharmacists. We are not regulating home carers through the pharmacy society.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I misunderstood. I believed the Senator was suggesting that we should include those people. Someone must be conducting a business within the meaning of the Act to fall under these provisions. The people referred to by the Senator, whose opinion I share, would not be in that position. Recently, I was told by a medical officer in my Department that half the people on blood pressure tablets...

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: We have provided for continuity. We are proposing some amendments on how the new people will be elected, etc., under the old society. I am advised that we have provided for continuity.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Níl mo chuid Gaeilge chomh flúirseach is a bhí. I am happy to accept the point the Senator has made. I will consult the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to ensure the wording of the amendment is correct. If it is, I will revisit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I think I can accept this amendment, subject to it being in order. The Senator has made a valid point. If there is a problem with it, we can change it later.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I will accept this amendment.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Senator Henry has already spoken about this issue.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: When somebody told me an organisation intended to make me an honorary fellow, I thought I should get rid of its power to do so as quickly as possible. That is a joke. The society no longer wants to have that power. I did not have a problem with it.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: That is right. Is it appropriate for a regulatory body to be able to do that? I will not go to war about this matter. I understand that the society no longer wants to have this power.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I am told that quite a long amendment would be required to make the change suggested by the Senator. Can I return to the matter on Report Stage?

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I will confer with the members of the society who are in Leinster House as we speak.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: As somebody who has been honoured with honorary doctorates, I am always amused when I see someone who has been given such an award referring to himself or herself as "Doctor".

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I do not envisage that somebody with a fellowship from the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland will feel that the honour entitles him or her to practise as a pharmacist.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Perhaps I would be very happy to accept such an award if it entitled me to work in this area. I do not think it would bestow such benefits on me, however. I will speak to the representatives of the society. I have been informed that a major amendment would be required. If that is the case, we might not be able to include a provision of this nature. I will return to the matter on Report Stage.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: That is right.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: The codes will not be voluntary. Section 12 outlines the manner in which codes of conduct will be given effect. I intend to ensure, subject to the agreement of the Competition Authority, that a code of conduct will not be used in a restrictive way, for example, as a barrier to entry. The Senator's proposal has already been covered in the Bill.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: We have already dealt with this issue.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I am advised it is in order.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: It is an offence under the Act to give false or misleading information. It is probably dealt with under failure to comply with regulations under section 18. I wish to seek clarification on the point made by Senator Ryan about it being possible to strike a person off the register without the holding of an inquiry.