Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 9, lines 16 to 18, to delete subsection (1) and substitute the following:

"5.—(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by section 4 of the Pharmacy (Ireland) Act 1875, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland shall continue in being subject to and as reconstituted by this Act.".

My eminent legal adviser is sceptical about the idea of dissolving the society and drawing a distinction between the old and new societies. I will say no more than that on it. I hope the Minister will assure me that there will not be a discontinuity.