Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)

In amendment No. 33, the substitution of lines three and four on page 15 arises from the need to make it clear that the Minister has power under subsection 2(a) of section 32 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 to make regulations in respect of the administration of medicinal products. For that purpose the word "administration" is being inserted into section 32(2)(a) of the 1995 Act.

Amendment No. 34 is a minor restatement of the original text in the Bill in order to make its intention more clear. Amendment No. 35 is a renumbering of a reference to subsection 10, which now becomes subsection 9 as a result of subsequent amendments. Amendment No. 36 is a technical amendment to replace a reference to subsections 8 and 11 with a reference to subsection 10, which is the subject of later amendments.

Amendment No. 37 is being introduced to provide an assurance that any prohibition on the administration of medicinal products that may be introduced would not impinge on the professional role of practitioners in treating patients under their care. In amendment No. 43, the deletion of these four lines is consequential to the amendment to paragraph (k) in amendment No. 37. Amendments Nos. 44 to 46, inclusive, and 49 arise as a consequence of the amendment to paragraph (k) in amendment 37.