Mary Henry (Independent)

I second the amendment.

As Senator Browne stated, this is a difficult area. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, will share the concerns expressed by his colleague, Deputy Tim O'Malley, who is a pharmacist by profession, about the quality and type of drugs increasingly being purchased by mail order over the Internet. It is worrying that people may procure drugs without cognisance being taken of which other pharmaceutical products they may be taking. Senator Browne's amendment, which would at least fire a shot across the bow of such persons, could prove helpful in this regard.