Dan Neville
Ceist:344 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical products on the market here which contain paracetamol. [9555/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 30 March 2004
Ceisteanna (231, 232)
Freagraí scríofa
I have been informed by the Irish Medicines Board, which is the competent national authority for the regulation of medicinal products, that 120 medicinal products containing paracetamol as an active substance are currently authorised for placing on the market in Ireland, although not all are necessarily on the market at any one time.
Question No. 345 answered with QuestionNo. 341.
Dan Neville
Ceist:346 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will identify the regulations which govern the sale of paracetamol products [9557/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe sale of products containing paracetamol as an active substance is controlled by the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003, SI 540 of 2003. I have arranged to have a copy of these regulations forwarded to the Deputy.