Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent dealings with a union (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7929/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I met with the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) on 3 December last. Among the issues discussed were the implications for pharmacists of reductions in drug prices and prescription charges, the impact of the fee reductions that took effect in July last and the operation of the Drug Payment Scheme. More recently, a working group, comprising of officials from my Department and the HSE, met with the IPU to discuss the introduction of a system of reference pricing combined with generic substitution under the GMS and community drugs schemes.