Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

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 should not be and half of the people who should be on them are not. It is a crazy statistic, but not just an Irish one. We have a great deal to learn about medication.