Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The promised legislation that I would like to ask about relates to the medicinal use of cannabis. The current system in place is simply not working for families such as the Barry family in Aghabullogue. The Health Products Regulatory Authority published a report in February. Following publication, the Minister announced that he was going to put in place an access programme for cannabis-based treatments. The plan at that point was that the report would be discussed by the joint Oireachtas committee, in consultation with the stakeholders, in respect of how it would operate and how broad it needed to be. The Department of Health was to review the legislative changes needed as well. What progress has been made in the meantime? How soon will this happen? What is the timeline for delivering on this new access programme?

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