Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion

12:00 pm

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to have an issue cleared up because Vera Twomey will be at Leinster House in 20 minutes. It is still not clear how someone can obtain a licence for cannabis based medicines that include THC.

Is it a doctor can prescribe it but a consultant has to sign off on it? Does a consultant has to oversee the administration of it? Can we just be very, very clear exactly what criteria have to be established in order to access that licence because-----

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