Politics

摘要

Speaking in the Dáil duringpriority questions, in responseto John Brassil TD (Kerry,Fianna Fáil) who askedthe Minister to hold to hiscommitment to rollout a newcontract for pharmacists by2020, the Minister commendedthe role of the IPU.Minister Harris said, “Ihad a good conversationwith Darragh O’Loughlin,chief executive of the IrishPharmacy Union last weekwhen representatives of theunion came in to discuss somevery important work it is doingon our Brexit preparedness, forwhich I thank it.”He went on to outline hisDepartment’s approach tonegotiating a new contractsaying, “I had hoped to begininitial engagement on someof the issues in pharmacy thisyear with a view to formaltalks starting at the beginningof 2020. Pharmacists arecoming up with solutionsand ideas. We just need tomake sure that what they areoffering to do is added valueor in other words, it is notduplication.