Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

My final question is on the medical cannabis access programme. The programme was instigated four years ago and about 47 people have got a prescription under it to date. I understand the vast majority of the prescriptions are related to spasticity owing to multiple sclerosis. Sativex is now being reimbursed, which is good because people trying to get it heretofore had to go to the North, where it was quite expensive. In Denmark, for example, the medical cannabis access programme covers many neurological conditions for which cannabis can be very beneficial. Our access programme is very restrictive. There is an ongoing review that I hope will result in the expansion of the programme to cover other conditions, particularly those associated with chronic pain and neurological conditions. I would like the delegates' thoughts on that.

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