There was a very interesting article in The Irish Times during the week in which a person who had served on a jury referred to the behaviour of some of the jurors, casting doubt as to the methodology practised by juries being accurate and worthy of consideration. Let us have that discussion but let us make sure the legislation is not rushed.

I hope the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, will come to the House, initially to discuss swine flu but also the pharmacy situation. The figures she sent the House during the week are startling. She stated she would take action to attempt to reduce the cost of pharmacies for which the figures she provided were enormous, namely, €1.68 billion in 2008 compared to €1 billion before that. That is a very substantial increase. Her point was that it costs €600 million to deliver and transport €1 billion worth of drugs. In other words, the drugs cost €1 billion from the factory but it costs in the region of €600 million to deliver them to the patient. That does not seem sensible.