asked the Minister for Health if and when it is proposed to introduce legislation to permit the sale of reading glasses without prescription.
Written Answers. - Reading Glasses Sale without Prescription.
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Under existing legislation the selling of spectacles in this country is restricted to registered opticians and registered medical practitioners and spectacles can only be supplied against prescription. I have no plans at present to introduce legislation to permit the sale of reading glasses without prescription but I am keeping the situation under review.