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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I will press the amendment.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Amendment put and declared lost.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Amendment No. 7 not moved.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 8: In page 12, after line 22, to insert the following: “PART 4 AMENDMENT OF PHARMACY ACT 2007 Amendment of Pharmacy Act 2007 10. The Pharmacy Act 2007 is amended— (a) in section 7(1)— (i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) to regulate the profession of pharmacy in the State, including...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Amendment agreed to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for their opening statements. Most of my questions are for the Department. First, Mr. Sheahan said he still has not received the footage. It has been two weeks and I imagine the investigation that has been launched will very much need that footage. When does he expect to receive the footage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It was made clear by the Minister that the Department became aware of the footage before it was aired on RTÉ. That was stated on the Dáil record. On what date did Mr. Sheahan or the Department see the footage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: When was the Department given the indication of what would be in the programme and that it would be aired?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Was that written correspondence from RTÉ to the Department informing it of what would be aired or what the issue was?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: There was clearly nothing of any magnitude in that correspondence that would have constituted concern over continuing slaughtering. What I am getting at is that the shutdown happened after the programme was aired rather than on the back of the Department being informed. I take from this that the Department received very little information when RTÉ corresponded with it on 22 May.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Obviously, this is not the first time we have seen abuse of animals, via "RTÉ Investigates", abuse of animals. In July last year, we saw similar footage of horrendous abuse of calves. From a response to parliamentary questions I received form the Minister last week, I understand that evidence is still being gathered for that investigation, which is a cause for concern a year later. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: With regard to the antemortem checks that are carried out, Mr. Sheahan said in his opening statement that a number of people undertake a detailed antemortem examination, including veterinary inspectors and other technical officers. In his own words there was violence against the horses. How could it be when animals, one by one, are inspected during such a detailed examination that such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I will put my final few questions together. Obviously there are consequences now that the abattoir is shut down. It leaves people with two options - one, to abandon the horse or two, to export it. Did the Department consider the possibility of stepping in and running the show at Shannonside Foods, and running the abattoir as opposed to shutting it down? Due to the consequences of export...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Was it by email?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. I agree with what she said about the need to maximise capacity and the strong relationship between the customer, or sometimes the patient, and the pharmacist. We normally return to the same pharmacy, especially in smaller communities. What we are referring to in the Bill currently are what we call common conditions, including some of those the Deputy referred to, such...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: My other amendment is on contraception. Is the Minister of State saying that these amendments will facilitate the extension of the management of chronic illness as a set of conditions by community pharmacists?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: The current amendments will not facilitate the chronic disease management role. The amendment the Deputy tabled, which I think might be No. 7, was seeking on a report on the role of pharmacists in that respect.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That has been ruled out of order, unfortunately.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: It has been ruled out of order. It states, "The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on expanding the role of pharmacists in chronic disease management." That is where we want to get to. It is really important. At the moment, what is included in this legislation is what is called common conditions as opposed...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I think that is a missed opportunity. It is a pity the Minister of State did not go further, because we would presumably need additional primary legislation to have the management of chronic illnesses placed in the hands of pharmacists. It is regrettable that we did not. I regret that my amendment has been ruled out of order. I welcome what the Minister of State's amendments are doing,...