Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To conclude, and to keep to the amendment, I seek clarification from the Minister. Will he indicate where protection is explicitly provided in the Bill for student doctors?

I want to make a number of points and observations about what has been discussed. The first factual point is that more than 650 GPs have signed a petition to the effect that their rights are not being protected in this Bill. One hundred and sixty-five pharmacists have signed a petition outlining the way their conscientious objection rights are not respected in this legislation.

I want to refer briefly to what Senator Reilly said. It is misleading to suggest that pharmacists' conscientious objection rights are in some way dealt with in the 2009 code of conduct and in the new draft code of conduct, which I have before me. They are not dealt with-----