Seanad debates
Thursday, 23 February 2006
Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages.
12:00 pm
Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)
The Bill deals with giving people the option of writing prescriptions and the aforementioned court case highlighted the farcical nature of the current situation. Currently, anyone can get a prescription from a pharmacy by having a letterhead printed. In England they are barcoded.
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