Mr. Eugene Lennon:

Yes, GPs would be supervising this. These issues must be checked further. Some GPs have made individual contact with their medical protection society. It seems that if one is operating within a system where the overall treatment has been improved by a consultant, there is a level of protection. Where GPs will be working under guidelines approved by the expert reference group established as part of the cannabis access programme, it will provide a certain amount of protection. These are among the issues that are being discussed as part of the establishment of the operational basis for the access programme. The issue was discussed with health professionals in the very recent past as part of that work.