547. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 149 pharmacies (details supplied) do not have a nominated supervising pharmacist as per the PSI registers which is a position required by law for each pharmacy; given that many of these vacancies are long-standing, this put the responsibilities of the supervising pharmacist on to locums and support staff, if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this breaches the Pharmacy Act 2007 and is not in line with good practice; the actions that his Department will take to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56359/22]

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547. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 149 pharmacies (details supplied) do not have a nominated supervising pharmacist as per the PSI registers which is a position required by law for each pharmacy; given that many of these vacancies are long-standing, this put the responsibilities of the supervising pharmacist on to locums and support staff, if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this breaches the Pharmacy Act 2007 and is not in line with good practice; the actions that his Department will take to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56359/22]

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