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

Heather Humphreys: As regards amendment No. 1, it is out of my hands. I do not rule them in or out of order. Regarding amendment No. 2, I made the point previously about including commitments in primary legislation to producing reports, particularly legislation that is already as complex as the Social Welfare Consolidation Act. The actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund, published in March 2023, is...

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

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her amendment but at this time the Government does not propose to proceed with its inclusion. The Deputy will be aware that the Bill, as previously drafted, aimed to provide for regulations to be put in place to enable pharmacists to sell and supply certain prescription products in line with protocol, and this aimed to facilitate the sale and supply of oral...

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

Róisín Shortall: It is regrettable that the Minister of State is not taking this on board. She said the timescale is too short, but I am requesting that the Minister provides a report within six months and that is reasonable. I am not saying that a scheme has to start within six months; I am saying that we should have a report on it and I think that is a reasonable request to make. It makes absolute sense...

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

Mary Butler: I have just been informed that the aim is to move the secondary legislation as soon as possible and that will include what the Deputy's ask entails. It is the aim of the Department to move that as a priority.

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

Róisín Shortall: When will that happen? A lot of other health legislation is backed up that is supposed to be a priority. Is it the case that there is no timescale?

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

Mary Butler: There is no timeframe.

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.

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,...

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

Mary Butler: The Minister wants to take it forward, like the Deputy said, with regard to chronic illness. It is just the timing of the pharmacy taskforce considering the services offered by pharmacists in other jurisdictions. This 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...

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

Róisín Shortall: Is that the Minister or Department saying that?

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

Catherine Connolly: I have strayed outside the rules, allowing all this interaction.