Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

I wish to raise an issue that was first raised in the House by Senator Shane Ross and later by almost every other Member, namely, the dispute between the pharmacists and the HSE. I ask the Leader to convey a message from this House to the Minister for Health and Children that she should bring the HSE and the Irish Pharmacy Union together, even at this late stage, to resolve this dispute. The pharmacists are willing to sit down but the HSE is so stubborn it will not do this. It needs direction from the Minister for Health and Children.