I would like to thank the Deputy for the Parliamentary Question, my officials have reached out to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) directly and they have provided the following information which I hope you will find useful.
The table below sets out the number of statutory complaints received by the PSI for the years 2020-2025, as well as the number of complaints considered by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee (PPC) and the number of complaints the PPC referred forward for to the PSI’s Committees of Inquiry (Professional Conduct Committee and Health Committee).
|
Year
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
2024
|
2025
|
|
Complaints Received
|
46
|
80
|
53
|
73
|
78
|
48
|
|
Considered by PPC
|
37
|
59
|
58
|
77
|
50
|
89
|
|
Referred to Inquiry
|
15
|
25
|
13
|
29
|
11
|
34
|
Note: Statutory complaints considered by the PPC in a calendar year may have been received by the PSI in a previous year.
Sanctions imposed by Council (and subsequently confirmed by the High Court where necessary) for each year, 2020-2025.
2020
|
Sanction type
|
Censure
|
Conditions
|
|
Number
|
4
|
4
|
*All of the above sanctions were imposed as against individual pharmacists.
2021
|
Sanction type
|
Censure/Admonishment
|
Cancellation
|
Conditions
|
|
Number
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
*All of the above sanctions were imposed as against individual pharmacists.
2022
|
Sanction type
|
Censure/Admonishment
|
Cancellation
|
Conditions
|
|
Number
|
11
|
2 (1 with a prohibition on restoration to the PSI register).
|
2
|
*Conditions were imposed as against one retail pharmacy business. The remainder of the sanctions were imposed against individual pharmacists.
2023
|
Sanction type
|
Censure/Admonishment
|
Cancellation
|
Conditions
|
Suspension
|
|
Number
|
13
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
*The sanction of cancellation was imposed as against one retail pharmacy business. The remainder of the sanctions were imposed against individual pharmacies.
2024
|
Sanction type
|
Censure/Admonishment
|
Cancellation
|
Conditions
|
Suspension
|
|
Number
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
*The sanctions of censure and conditions were imposed on one retail pharmacy business.
The sanctions of suspension and conditions were imposed on one retail pharmacy business.
The remainder of the sanctions were imposed against individual pharmacies.
2025
|
Sanction type
|
Censure/Admonishment
|
Cancellation
|
Conditions
|
|
Number
|
4
|
2 (1 with a prohibition on restoration to the PSI register)
|
2
|
*All of the above sanctions were imposed as against individual pharmacists.
