Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 June 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health

9:30 am

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Dr. Keenan made the point that is only for high prescriptions of methadone. This person was on the lowest level of methadone that can be prescribed and died after one prescription. That procedure is not fit for purpose. Will the HSE look at it again? At the time, the doctor cited GDPR. When doctors prescribing methadone can ring the patients' doctors to ask what medication they are on, all they have to do is ask one more question, namely whether patients are suitable for methadone or have had heart issues in the past.